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Proverbs 17

Prov. 17:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let al bear
dob (Hebrew #1677)
from 1680; the bear (as slow)
KJV usage: bear.
Pronounce: dobe
Origin: or (fully) dowb {dobe}
robbed
shakkuwl (Hebrew #7909)
from 7921; bereaved
KJV usage: barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).
Pronounce: shak-kool'
Origin: or shakkul {shak-kool'}
of her whelps meet
pagash (Hebrew #6298)
to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
KJV usage: meet (with, together).
Pronounce: paw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, rather than
'al (Hebrew #408)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
KJV usage: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
Pronounce: al
Origin: a negative particle (akin to 3808)
a fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
in his folly
'ivveleth (Hebrew #200)
silliness
KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Pronounce: iv-veh'-leth
Origin: from the same as 191
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Hos. 13:8• 8I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them. (Hos. 13:8)

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Cross References

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a bear.
Prov. 28:15• 15A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people. (Prov. 28:15)
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2 Sam. 17:8• 8And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. (2 Sam. 17:8)
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2 Kings 2:24• 24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them. (2 Kings 2:24)
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Hos. 13:8• 8I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them. (Hos. 13:8)
rather.
Prov. 27:3• 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both. (Prov. 27:3)
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Matt. 2:16• 16Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi. (Matt. 2:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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