Proverbs 27:22
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
In context
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
Proverbs 27:22 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- KJV King James Version
- Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- WEB World English Bible
- Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
- DBY Darby Translation
- If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.