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Proverbs 27:22

NETBible	If you should pound¹ the fool in the mortar among the grain² with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 27:22	Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:22	Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 27:22	You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 27:22	Pound on a fool all you like--you can't pound out foolishness.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 27:22	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 27:22	Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 27:22	Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
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KJV	Though thou shouldest bray <03806> (8799) a fool <0191> in a mortar <04388> among <08432> wheat <07383> with a pestle <05940>_, [yet] will not his foolishness <0200> depart <05493> (8799) from him.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:22	Though <0518> you pound <03806> a fool <0191> in a mortar <04388> with a pestle <05940> along <08432> with crushed <07383> grain <07383> , Yet his foolishness <0200> will not depart <05493> from him.
LXXM	(34:22) ean <1437> CONJ mastigoiv <3146> V-PAI-2S afrona <878> A-ASM en <1722> PREP mesw <3319> A-DSN sunedriou <4892> N-GSN atimazwn <818> V-PAPNS ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV perielhv <4022> V-APS-2S thn <3588> T-ASF afrosunhn <877> N-ASF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	If <0518> you should pound <03806> the fool <0191> in the mortar <04388> among <08432> the grain <07383> with the pestle <05940> , his foolishness <0200> would not <03808> depart <05493> from <05921> him.
HEBREW	P wtlwa <0200> wylem <05921> rwot <05493> al <03808> yleb <05940> twpyrh <07383> Kwtb <08432> stkmb <04388> lywah <0191> ta <0853> swtkt <03806> Ma (27:22) <0518>

NETBible

If you should pound¹ the fool in the mortar among the grain² with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.³

NET Notes

¹tn The verb means “to pound” in a mortar with a pestle (cf. NRSV “Crush”; NLT “grind”). The imperfect is in a conditional clause, an unreal, hypothetical condition to make the point.

²tn The Hebrew term רִיפוֹת (rifot) refers to some kind of grain spread out to dry and then pounded. It may refer to barley groats (coarsely ground barley), but others have suggested the term means “cheeses” (BDB 937 s.v.). Most English versions have “grain” without being more specific; NAB “grits.”

³tn The LXX contains this paraphrase: “If you scourge a fool in the assembly, dishonoring him, you would not remove his folly.” This removes the imagery of mortar and pestle from the verse. Using the analogy of pounding something in a mortar, the proverb is saying even if a fool was pounded or pulverized, meaning severe physical punishment, his folly would not leave him – it is too ingrained in his nature.