Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 518 [e] אִ֥ם ’im Though Conj 3806 [e] תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־ tiḵ-tō-wōš- you may pound V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 191 [e] הָאֱוִ֨יל׀ hā-’ĕ-wîl a fool Art | N-ms 4388 [e] בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ bam-maḵ-têš in the mortar Prep-b, Art | N-ms 8432 [e] בְּת֣וֹךְ bə-ṯō-wḵ in the midst Prep-b | N-msc 7383 [e] הָ֭רִיפוֹת hā-rî-p̄ō-wṯ of the grain Art | N-fp 5940 [e] בַּֽעֱלִ֑י ba-‘ĕ-lî with the pestle Prep-b, Art | N-ms 3808 [e] לֹא־ lō- not Adv-NegPrt 5493 [e] תָס֥וּר ṯā-sūr will turn away V-Qal-Imperf-3fs 5921 [e] מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו mê-‘ā-lāw from him Prep-m | 3ms 200 [e] אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ ’iw-wal-tōw his folly N-fsc | 3ms

Berean Study Bible
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Young's Literal Translation
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.

New American Standard Bible
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, [Yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.

King James Bible
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 • Proverbs 27:22 NIV • Proverbs 27:22 NLT • Proverbs 27:22 ESV • Proverbs 27:22 NASB • Proverbs 27:22 KJV • Proverbs 27:22 Biblia Paralela • Proverbs 27:22 Chinese Bible • Proverbs 27:22 French Bible • Proverbs 27:22 German Bible

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