Proverbs 27:22

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow · Proverbs 27:1–27
Read Proverbs 27

Translations

Modern
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Traditional
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Literal
Though you may pound a fool in the mortar, in the midst of the grain with the pestle, his folly will not turn away from him.
Latin
Si contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus.

Interlinear

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

Notes

A fool's character is full of foolishness.

Parallels

James 4:13–17

Glossary

Hezekiah Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Bray: To Pound Fools: Cling to Their Folly Mortar: An Instrument for Pulverizing Grain Punishments: Capital Kinds of Bruising in Mortars Wheat: Ground in a Mortar Wicked (People): Described