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Though thou shouldest grind a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Even though you pound a [hardened, arrogant] fool [who rejects wisdom] in a mortar with a pestle like grain, Yet his foolishness will not leave him.
Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.
Even if you grind fools in a mortar, even grinding them along with the grain, their folly won’t be driven from them.
You can crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle, along with the grain being crushed; yet his foolishness will not leave him.
No matter how hard you beat a fool, you can't pound out the foolishness.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
Even if you pound fools to powder like grain in a bowl, you will never force the foolishness out of them.
Even if you beat a fool with a big stick, as hard as you beat grain, you will never remove all his silly ideas.
Even if you grind a stubborn fool like grain with a mortar and pestle, his stupidity will not leave him.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove the foolishness.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat brayed with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, ⌞even then⌟ his stupidity will not leave him.
Even if you beat fools half to death, you still can't beat their foolishness out of them.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.
Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove his foolishness.
Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won’t leave him.
¶ Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though you pound an ignorant fool in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushed grain, His folly will not turn aside from him.
If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle along with the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.
You can’t separate a rebel from his foolishness though you crush him to powder.
Pound on a fool all you like— you can’t pound out foolishness.
Though you should grind a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, even then his stupidity will not leave him.
Though you pound fools with a pestle, their folly never leaves them.
Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
You may use a pestle to pound a fool into a mortar, but his folly will never be driven out of him.
Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove the foolishness.
If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
Suppose you could grind a foolish person in a mill. Suppose you could grind them as you would grind grain with a tool. Even then you could not remove their foolishness from them.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Even if you crush a fool in a pot used for crushing grain, his foolish way will not leave him.
You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
Though thou shouldest grind a fool in the makhtesh (mortar) among grain with the pestle, yet will not his folly be removed from him.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, still his foolishness will not be separated from him.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Though thou poundedest a fool in a mortar, as with a pestle smiting above dried barley (like pounding dried barley with a pestle), his folly shall not be done away from him.
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
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