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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,{HR}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 tare 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)
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Prov. 27:3• 3A stone [is] heavy and the sand weighty;{HR}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.

W. Kelly Translation

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