Proverbs 27:22 | |
NASB: Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, [Yet] his foolishness will not depart from him. (NASB ©1995) GWT: If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, [even then] his stupidity will not leave him. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. ASV: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. BBE: 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. DBY: If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. JPS: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. WBS: Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. WEB: Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. YLT: If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. | |
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