Let a manmeeta bearrobbedof her cubs,Ratherthan a foolin his folly.
Moreover, Hushaisaid,"You knowyour fatherand his men,that they are mightymenand they are fierce,like a bearrobbedof her cubsin the field.And your fatheris an expertin warfare,and will not spendthe nightwith the people.
When he lookedbehindhim and sawthem, he cursedthem in the nameof the LORD.Then twofemale bearscameout of the woodsand toreup forty-twoladsof their number.
A rebelliousmanseeksonlyevil,So a cruelmessengerwill be sentagainst him.
A stoneis heavyand the sandweighty,But the provocationof a foolis heavierthanbothof them.
[Like] a roaringlionand a rushingbearIs a wickedrulerovera poorpeople.
When a wisemanhasa controversywith a foolishman,The foolish man either ragesor laughs,and thereis norest.
I will encounterthem like a bearrobbedof her cubs,And I will tearopen their chests;ThereI will also devourthem like a lioness,[As] a wildbeastwould tearthem.
Thenwhen Herodsawthat he had been trickedby the magi,he became veryenraged,and sentand slewallthe male childrenwho were in Bethlehemand allits vicinity,from two years oldand under,accordingto the timewhichhe had determinedfrom the magi.
