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. "
— Proverbs 27:22, American Standard Version
“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 grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.”
“If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.”
“Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.”
“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.”
“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”
As in water faceanswerethto face, So the heart of man to man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man istriedby his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:
For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.