New American Standard Bible 1995

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

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Let a man man Noun H376 בְּאִ֑ישׁ be·'ish;
meet to meet, encounter Verb H6298 פָּגֹ֬ושׁ pa·go·vsh
a bear a bear Noun H1677 דֹּ֣ב dov
robbed of her cubs, bereaved, robbed of offspring Adjective H7909 שַׁכּ֣וּל shak·kul
Rather not (a subjective neg.) Adverb H408 וְאַל־ ve·'al-
than a fool stupid fellow, dullard, fool Noun H3684 כְּ֝סִ֗יל ke·sil
in his folly. folly Noun H200 בְּאִוַּלְתֹּֽו׃ be·'iv·val·tov.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
King James Bible Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Hebrew Greek English Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.