22If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.


In Context

19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

20 Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

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

23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

Proverbs 27:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:22Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:22Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:22Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.