Proverbs 17:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they `are' heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father `is' a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

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