Proverbs 27:22
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
In other translations
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Hebrew words
אִם'imifH518תִּכְתּוֹשׁ־tikhtoosh-you will poundH3806אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאֱוִיל׀ha'evilthe foolH191בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁbamakhteshin <the> mortarH4388בְּתוֹךְbetokhin amongH8432הָרִיפוֹתharifotthe grain<s>H7383בַּעֱלִיba'eliwith the pestleH5940לֹא־lo'-notH3808תָסוּרtasurit will departH5493מֵעָלָיוme'alavfrom with <the> himH5921אִוַּלְתּוֹ׃ פ'ivaltofoolishness hisH200
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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