12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;

your defenses are defenses of clay.

12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes,

Your bodies to bodies of clay.

12 Your platitudes are as valuable as ashes.

Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot.

12 Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,

Your defenses are defenses of clay.

12 Your wise sayings are worth no more than ashes,

and your arguments are as weak as clay.

12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,

Your defences are defences of clay.

12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.

12 “Your recollections are worthless proverbs.

Your answers are absolutely useless.

12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash;

your defenses are made of clay.

12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes,

your defenses are defenses of clay.

12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;

your defenses are defenses of clay.

12 Your sayings are as useless as ashes.

The answers you give are as weak as clay.

12 “Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,

Your defenses are defenses of clay.