宁可遇见丢崽子的母熊，不可遇见正行愚妄的愚昧人。

宁可遇见失丧小熊的母熊，也不愿遇见正行愚昧的愚昧人。

宁可遇见失丧小熊的母熊，也不愿遇见正行愚昧的愚昧人。

宁愿遇见丢失幼崽的母熊，也不愿碰上做蠢事的愚人。

宁愿遇见失掉幼子的母熊，也不愿遇见正在行愚妄事的愚昧人。

宁可遇见被夺去幼崽的母熊，也不要遇见行在愚妄中的愚昧人。

寧可遇見丟崽子的母熊，不可遇見正行愚妄的愚昧人。

寧可遇見失喪小熊的母熊，也不願遇見正行愚昧的愚昧人。

寧可遇見失喪小熊的母熊，也不願遇見正行愚昧的愚昧人。

寧願遇見丟失幼崽的母熊，也不願碰上做蠢事的愚人。

寧願遇見失掉幼子的母熊，也不願遇見正在行愚妄事的愚昧人。

寧可遇見丟崽子的母熊，也不可遇見逕顯愚妄的愚頑人。

寧可遇見被奪去幼崽的母熊，也不要遇見行在愚妄中的愚昧人。

寧遇失子之熊、勿遇愚人適行其妄、

寧遇失子之猛熊、莫遘橫逆之頑夫。

寧遇失子之母熊、莫遇愚者適行愚妄、

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.

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

It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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

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

Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

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

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

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

Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart. (niv)

You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops. (niv)

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. (niv)

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. (niv)

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. (niv)

He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. (niv)