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 If the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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.
Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.
The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.
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.