Proverbs 27:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 A stone is heavy, and sand a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Proverbs 27:3
Lexham English Bible
3 Heavy is a stone and weighty is sand,
but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 27:3
New International Version
3 Stone is heavy and sand(A) a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:3
King James Version
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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Proverbs 27:22
Christian Standard Bible
22 Though you grind a fool
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.(A)
Proverbs 27:22
Lexham English Bible
22 If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle along with[a] the crushed grain,
it will not drive folly from upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:22 Or “in the midst of”
Proverbs 27:22
New International Version
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
Proverbs 27:22
King James Version
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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