Proverbs 27:1 (ESV)

Proverbs 27:22 - Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.

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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

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

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Though you grind a fool

in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,

you will not separate his foolishness from him.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Though^H518 you pound^H3806 the fool^H191 in a mortar^H4388 with a pestle^H5940 along^H8432 with crushed^H7383 grain^H7383,

His foolishness^H200 still will not leave^H5493^H4480 him.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

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

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

Though^H518 you pound^H3806 an ignorant^H191 fool^H191 in a mortar^H4388 with a pestle^H5940 in the midst^H8432 of crushed^H7383 grain^H7383,

His [fn]folly^H200 will not turn^H5493 aside^H5493 from him.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

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.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

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

ASVASV (read chapter in 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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

si contuderis stultum in pila quasi tisanas feriente desuper pilo non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

لَوْ دَقَقْتَ الأَحْمَقَ بِمِدَقٍّ فِي هَاوُنٍ مَعَ السَّمِيذِ، فَلَنْ تَبْرَحَ عَنْهُ حَمَاقَتُهُ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִ֨יל בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ פ

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

ἐὰν μαστιγοῖς ἄφρονα ἐν μέσῳ συνεδρίου ἀτιμάζων οὐ μὴ περιέλῃς τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

إِنْ دَقَقْتَ الأَحْمَقَ فِي هَاوُنٍ بَيْنَ السَّمِيذِ بِمِدَقّ، لاَ تَبْرَحُ عَنْهُ حَمَاقَتُهُ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo á pisón majados, no se quitará de él su necedad.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo majados con el pisón, No se apartará de él su necedad.

BBEBBE (read chapter in 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.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

你雖用杵、將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中、他的愚妄還是離不了他。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Aunque machaques al insensato con el pisón de un mortero en medio del grano, no se apartará de su insensatez.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

미련한 자를 곡물과 함께 절구에 넣고 공이로 찧을지라도 그의 미련은 벗어지지 아니하느니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Quand tu pilerais l'insensé dans un mortier, Au milieu des grains avec le pilon, Sa folie ne se séparerait pas de lui.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Wenn du den Narren im Mörser zerstießest mit dem Stämpel wie Grütze, so ließe doch seine Narrheit nicht von ihm.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Толки глупого в ступе пестом вместе с зерном, не отделится от него глупость его.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Aunque majes al loco en un mortero entre granos de trigo a pisón majados, no se quitará de él su locura.

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