A bear robbed of her whelps. — Proverbially dangerous then (2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8). (See also 1 Kings 2:24.)
A fool (khesîl). — Comp. Proverbs 1:32.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:12
Proverbs 17:12
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.