Verse 22

Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Selv om du knuser en dårer med en morter blant knust korn, vil hans dårskap ikke forlate ham.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om du maler en dåre som korn med en klubbe i en morter, vil ikke dårskap forlate ham.

• Norsk King James

  Selv om du skulle knuse en tåpe i en morter med hvete, vil han fortsatt være en tåpe.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om du knuser en dåre i en morter blant gryn, vil hans dårskap ikke forlate ham.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Selv om du skulle knuse en dåre i en morter blant kornet med en stempel, vil ikke hans dumhet vike fra ham.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Selv om du knuser en tosk i en morter med en støter blant kornet, vil hans dårskap likevel ikke forlate ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Selv om du skulle mase en tåpe i en morter midt i hveten med en støter, vil hans tåpelighet aldri forlate ham.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Selv om du knuser en tosk i en morter med en støter blant kornet, vil hans dårskap likevel ikke forlate ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om du pundrer en dåre med pestelen i morteren, vil hans dårskap ikke vike fra ham.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Selv om du knuser dåren i en morter blant knust korn med en piggknuser, vil hans dumhet ikke forlate ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom du vilde støde en Daare i Morteren med Støderen midt iblandt Gryn, skal (dog) ikke hans Daarlighed vige fra ham.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om du knuser en tosk i en morter blant hveten med en morterstav, vil ikke hans dårskap forlate ham.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Om du maler en dåre i en morter sammen med korn, vil ikke hans dårskap forlate ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Om du slår den dumme i en morter sammen med korn, vil ikke hans dårskap vike fra ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Selv om du maler en dåre i en morter med en pistill sammen med knust korn, vil ikke hans dårskap forlate ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om du knuser en dåre i en morter blant korn, vil hans dårskap ikke forlate ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 23:35 : 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'
• Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint.
• Jer 44:15-16 : 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods answered Jeremiah, along with all the women standing there in a large assembly, and all the people living in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, saying: 16 The word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
• Rev 16:10-11 : 10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony, 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they refused to repent of their deeds.
• Exod 12:30 : 30 Pharaoh got up during the night, along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was no house without someone dead.
• Exod 14:5 : 5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the Israelites. They said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and lost their services!”
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
• 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. 23 He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, for he said, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram help them, I will sacrifice to them so they may help me.' But they were the downfall of him and all of Israel.