Proverbs 27:22 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

BSB

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ASV

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Though thou shouldest bray a fool - Leaving all other conjectures, of which commentators are full, I would propose, that this is a metaphor taken from pounding metallic ores in very large mortars, such as are still common in the East, in order that, when subjected to the action of the fire, the metal may be the more easily separated from the ore. However you may try, by precept or example, or both, to instruct a stupid man, your labor is lost; his foolishness cannot be separated from him.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִ֥ם	'im	if	H518 →
תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־	tikh.to.osh-	you will pound	H3806 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֱוִ֨יל׀	ha.'e.Vil	the fool	H191 →
בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ	ba.makh.Tesh	in <the> mortar	H4388 →
בְּת֣וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in among	H8432 →
הָ֭רִיפוֹת	Ha.ri.fot	the grain<s>	H7383 →
בַּֽעֱלִ֑י	ba.'e.Li	with the pestle	H5940 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תָס֥וּר	ta.Sur	it will depart	H5493 →
מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו	me.'a.Lav	from with <the> him	H5921 →
אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ פ	'i.val.To	foolishness his	H200 →

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Through
Proverbs 23:35
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:3
  O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 56:12
  “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
Through
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
leads to
- Daniel 9:8–11
  O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Ezekiel 24:13
  Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
- Revelation 16:8–11
  Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
Through
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:28
  Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from…
- Jeremiah 2:30
  “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Through
Exodus 12:30
During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
leads to
- Exodus 11:6
  Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

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Where the connections lead

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