Proverbs 27:22 - Compare All Versions

Proverbs 27:22 MSG (The Message)

Pound on a fool all you like— you can’t pound out foolishness.

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

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

Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove the foolishness.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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

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

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.

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

You can beat a fool half to death and still never beat the foolishness out of him.

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