The Meaning of Proverbs 27:22 Explained

Proverbs 27:22

KJV: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

YLT: If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

Darby: If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

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.

Discover Proverbs 27:22

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 27:22?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 27:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 27:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 27:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Though thou shouldest bray  a fool  in a mortar  among  wheat  with a pestle,  [yet] will not his foolishness  depart  from him. 

What does Proverbs 27:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 27:1-22 - "hearty Counsel"
The keyword in this paragraph is friends, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original sense of the Hebrew word, are those who delight in each other's companionship. Either they are useful to each other because the one possesses gifts that the other lacks, or they have certain tastes in common.
It is in friendship that we get to know ourselves, as a man sees his face in the mirror of calm water, Proverbs 27:19. We unfold to each other; our friend elicits traits of which we were hardly aware. Our sympathy and tenderness are drawn forth by our friend's troubles, as our laughter flashes out to awaken or to answer his high spirits. We shudder to think what cold and undeveloped beings we should be without the sharpening of friendship, Proverbs 27:17. How sweet human friendships are! Proverbs 27:9. Why not find equal confidence and sweetness in the greatest Friend of all? Of course, there is a friendship "which is wholly hypocritical and worthless." Such a friendship is marked by loud and ostentatious demonstration. See Proverbs 27:14. Ponder Christ's offer, John 15:14-15. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 27

1  observations of self love
5  of true love
11  of care to avoid offenses
23  and of the household care

What do the individual words in Proverbs 27:22 mean?

Though you grind - a fool in a mortar along with crushed grain with a pestle not [Yet] will depart from him his foolishness -
אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־ אֶת־ הָאֱוִ֨יל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־ תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ פ

אִ֥ם  Though 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־  you  grind 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: כָּתַשׁ  
Sense: (Qal) to pound, mix by pounding, pound fine, bray.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָאֱוִ֨יל ׀  a  fool 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱוִיל  
Sense: be foolish, foolish.
בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ  in  a  mortar 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַכְתֵּשׁ  
Sense: mortar.
בְּת֣וֹךְ  along 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
הָ֭רִיפוֹת  with  crushed  grain 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: רִיפֹות  
Sense: a grain or fruit (for grinding).
בַּֽעֱלִ֑י  with  a  pestle 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֱלִי  
Sense: pestle.
תָס֥וּר  [Yet]  will  depart 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו  from  him 
Parse: Preposition-m, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ  his  foolishness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אִוֶּלֶת  
Sense: foolishness, folly.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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