Proverbs 27:22
American King James Version (AKJV)
Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
Even 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.
Darby Bible (DBY)
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Webster Bible (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 (WEB)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.