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

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.