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Proverbs 27:3
International Standard Version
Proverbs 27:3
International Standard Version
3 Rocks are heavy,
and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation outweighs them both.
Proverbs 27:3
Lexham English Bible
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 27:22
International Standard Version
Proverbs 27:22
International Standard Version
22 Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle
as someone might crush grain,
his stupidity still won’t leave him.
Proverbs 27:22
Lexham English Bible
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”
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