Proverbs 27:22 - Common English BibleEven if you grind fools in a mortar, even grinding them along with the grain, their folly won’t be driven from them. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionEven though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionEven if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionThough thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. See the chapter |