Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.
Proverbs 17:12 - English Standard Version 2016 Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage]. [Hos. 13:8.] American Standard Version (1901) Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly. Common English Bible Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than fools in their folly. Catholic Public Domain Version It is more expedient to meet a bear robbed of her young, than the foolish trusting in his own folly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly. |
Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.
And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.