NLT
KJV
22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
ASV
22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
ESV
22. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
ERVEN
22. Even if you pound fools to powder like grain in a bowl, you will never force the foolishness out of them.
WEB
22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
NET
22. If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
NLV
22. Even if you crush a fool in a pot used for crushing grain, his foolish way will not leave him.
HCSB
22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.
YLT
22. If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
LITV
22. If you pound a fool in the mortar with a pestle amidst grain, his foolishness will not turn away from him.
RV
22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
NCV
22. Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn't remove the foolishness.
MKJV
22. Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.
AKJV
22. Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
LXXEN
22. Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.
KJV
22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
AMP
22. Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
KJVP
22. Though H518 PART thou shouldest bray H3806 a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 B-NMS wheat H7383 with a pestle H5940 , [ yet ] will not H3808 NADV his foolishness H200 depart H5493 from M-PREP-3MS him .
YLT
22. If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
ASV
22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
WEB
22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
NASB
22. Though you should pound the fool to bits with the pestle, amid the grits in a mortar, his folly would not go out of him.
ESV
22. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
RV
22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
RSV
22. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
NKJV
22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, [Yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
MKJV
22. Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.
AKJV
22. Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
NRSV
22. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
NIV
22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
NIRV
22. You can grind a foolish person in a mill. You can grind him as you would grind grain with a tool. But you can't remove his foolishness from him.
NLT
22. You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
MSG
22. Pound on a fool all you like-- you can't pound out foolishness.
GNB
22. Even if you beat fools half to death, you still can't beat their foolishness out of them.
NET
22. If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
ERVEN
22. Even if you pound fools to powder like grain in a bowl, you will never force the foolishness out of them.