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


In Context

19 As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

21 A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

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

23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

24 For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:22If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly 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 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.