Though you scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, you will [still] in no wise remove his folly from him.
LXX
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt [still] in no wise remove his folly from him.
Parallel Translations
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, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:3Proverbs 23:35Isaiah 1:5Revelation 16:10–11Jeremiah 44:15–16Exodus 14:5Exodus 12:302 Chronicles 28:22–23Exodus 15:9
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