Proverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Translations

Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar 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.

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.

If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Aunque machaques con el mazo al necio en un mortero entre el grano molido,
no se apartará de él su necedad.

Pound on a fool all you like—
you can’t pound out foolishness.

Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, {Yet} his foolishness will not depart from him.

Aunque machaques con el mazo al necio en un mortero entre el grano molido,
No se apartará de él su necedad.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

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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