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20 (A)Sheol and Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
So the (C)eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 The (D)refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each (E)is tested by the mouth that praises him.
22 Though you (F)pound an ignorant fool in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushed grain,
His [a]folly will not turn aside from him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:22 A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool