Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
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.
New American Standard Bible
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
King James Version
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Holman Bible
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.
International Standard Version
Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him.
A Conservative Version
Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
American Standard Version
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Amplified
Even though you pound a [hardened, arrogant] fool [who rejects wisdom] in a mortar with a pestle like grain,
Yet his foolishness will not leave him.
Darby Translation
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Julia Smith Translation
If thou shalt pound the foolish in a mortar in the midst of the grain with a pestle, thou shalt not remove from him his folly.
King James 2000
Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.
Modern King James verseion
Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Though thou shouldest bray a fool with a pedestal in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him.
NET Bible
If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
New Heart English Bible
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
The Emphasized Bible
Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.
Webster
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
World English Bible
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Youngs Literal Translation
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
Themes
Mortar » A vessel for pulverizing substances
Mortar » An instrument for pulverizing grain
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for. 22 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. 23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 23:35
They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
Isaiah 1:5
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
Exodus 12:30
Then Pharaoh got up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and a great cry went up from Egypt; for there was not a house where someone was not dead.
Exodus 14:5
And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?
Exodus 15:9
Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
2 Chronicles 28:22-23
And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.
Jeremiah 44:15-16
Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,
Revelation 16:10-11
And the fifth let what was in his vessel come out on the high seat of the beast; and his kingdom was made dark; and they were biting their tongues for pain.