Verse 12

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er bedre å møte en bjørn med unger enn en tåpe som er fanget i sin egen dumhet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Møt heller en bjørn som har mistet ungene sine, enn en dåre i hans dårskap.

• Norsk King James

  Det er bedre at en bjørn som er frarøvet sine unger møter en mann, enn en dår i sin dårskap.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er bedre å møte en bjørn som har mistet sine unger, enn en dåre i hans dumskap.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Bedre å møte en binne som har mistet ungene sine enn en dåre i hans dårskap.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Bedre å møte en binne som har mistet ungene sine enn en dårlig i dårskap.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det er bedre at en bjørn, frarøvet sine unger, møter en mann, enn at en tåpe møter en mann i sin dumhet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Bedre å møte en binne som har mistet ungene sine enn en dårlig i dårskap.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Bedre å møte en bjørn som har mistet unger enn en dåre i hans dumhet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det er bedre å møte en binne som har mistet sine unger, enn en dåre med hans dårskap.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Det er bedre) for en Mand at møde en Bjørn, som Ungerne ere fratagne, end en Daare i hans Daarlighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La en manns møte med en bjørn som har mistet sine unger være bedre enn med en dåre i hans dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  La en mann heller møte en binne som har mistet ungene sine, enn en dåre i sin dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Bedre å møte en bjørn som har mistet ungene sine, enn en dåre i hans dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det er bedre å møte en bjørn som har mistet ungene sine, enn en dåre i sin dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det er bedre å møte en bjørn som har mistet ungene sine enn en dåre når han handler dåraktig.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are angry in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field: and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
• Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
• Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.
• Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.
• 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.