2 Samuel 17:8
English Standard Version Anglicised
8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,[a] (A)like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is experienced in war; he will not spend the night with the people.
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- 2 Samuel 17:8 Hebrew bitter of soul
2 Samuel 17:8
New International Version
8 You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs.(A) Besides, your father is an experienced fighter;(B) he will not spend the night with the troops.
2 Samuel 17:8
King James Version
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, 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.
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Proverbs 17:12
English Standard Version Anglicised
Proverbs 17:12
New International Version
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
Proverbs 17:12
King James Version
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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