Proverbs 27:22 - Compare All Versions

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Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

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

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

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Pound on a fool all you like— you can’t pound out foolishness.

Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.

Even though you pound a [hardened, arrogant] fool [who rejects wisdom] in a mortar with a pestle like grain, Yet his foolishness will not leave him.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.