22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:22
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 22
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Thoughאִ֥םH518Conjunctionyou grindתִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־H3806Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markera foolהָאֱוִ֨יל׀H191Article | Noun - masculine singularlike grainהָ֭רִיפוֹתH7383Article | Noun - feminine pluralwith mortarבַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁH4388Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular[and]בְּת֣וֹךְH8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructa pestleבַּֽעֱלִ֑יH5940Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular[yet] his follyאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פH200Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularwill notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particledepartתָס֥וּרH5493Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularfrom himמֵ֝עָלָ֗יוH5921Preposition-m | third person masculine singular