NET Bible
"If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him."
— Proverbs 27:22, NET Bible
“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”
“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, 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.”
“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 the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.
As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.
If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,
for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,