Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
KJV
Hebrew original
אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ אֶת הָ/אֱוִ֨יל בַּֽ/מַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הָ֭/רִיפוֹת בַּֽ/עֱלִ֑י לֹא תָס֥וּר מֵ֝/עָלָ֗י/ו אִוַּלְתּֽ/וֹ
Louis Segond 1910
Quand tu pilerais l'insensé dans un mortier, Au milieu des grains avec le pilon, Sa folie ne se séparerait pas de lui.
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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