Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
Proverbs 29:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs, and there is no rest. American Standard Version (1901) If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest. Common English Bible When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish, the fools shout, they laugh—there is no calm. Catholic Public Domain Version A wise man, if he were to contend with the foolish, whether in anger or in laughter, would find no rest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry or laugh, he shall find no rest. |
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness,
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.