NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Though thou shouldest braykathash (kaw-thash') to butt or pound -- bray. a fool 'eviyl (ev-eel') (figuratively) silly -- fool(-ish) (man). in a mortar maktesh (mak-taysh') a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) -- hollow place, mortar. among tavek (taw'-vek) a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in). wheat riyphah (ree-faw') (only plural), grits (as pounded) -- ground corn, wheat. with a pestle `eliy (el-ee') a pestle (as lifted) -- pestle. yet will not his foolishness 'ivveleth (iv-veh'-leth) silliness -- folly, foolishly(-ness). depart cuwr (soor) to turn off (literal or figurative) from him Parallel Verses 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. 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. International Standard Version Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him. NET Bible If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English If you strike a fool in the assembly, you do not help him, neither do you remove his foolishness. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, [even then] his stupidity will not leave him. King James 2000 Bible Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Links Proverbs 27:22Proverbs 27:22 NIV Proverbs 27:22 NLT Proverbs 27:22 ESV Proverbs 27:22 NASB Proverbs 27:22 KJV |
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