20 [a](A)Sheol and [b]Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
Nor are the (C)eyes of a person ever satisfied.
21 The (D)crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each (E)is tested by the praise accorded him.
22 Though you (F)pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
His foolishness still will not leave him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 I.e., The netherworld
  2. Proverbs 27:20 I.e., the place of destruction

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