Proverbs 27:22
“Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnesse depart from him.”
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Proverbs 27:22 Context
20Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied. 21As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise. 22Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnesse depart from him. 23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy flocks, and looke well to thy herds. 24For riches are not for euer: and doth the crowne endure to euery generation?
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
- King James Version
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, {Yet} his foolishness will not depart from him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
- Basic English Bible
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
- Darby Bible
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
- Webster's Bible
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
- World English Bible
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible