Proverbs 27:22
Proverbs 27:22 The Message (MSG)
Pound on a fool all you like— you can’t pound out foolishness.
Proverbs 27:22 King James Version (KJV)
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:22 New Century Version (NCV)
Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove the foolishness.
Proverbs 27:22 American Standard Version (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.
Proverbs 27:22 New International Version (NIV)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
Proverbs 27:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:22 Amplified Bible (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.
Proverbs 27:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.