Proverbs 27:21–22
Proverbs 27:21–22 — The New International Version (NIV)
21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but people are tested by their praise.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
So is a man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — New Living Translation (NLT)
21 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but a person is tested by being praised.
22 You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — New Century Version (NCV)
21 A hot furnace tests silver and gold,
and people are tested by the praise they receive.
22 Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl,
you couldn’t remove the foolishness.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — American Standard Version (ASV)
21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
21 The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold,
but a person ⸤is tested⸥ by the praise given to him.
22 If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
⸤even then⸥ his stupidity will not leave him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
21 A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and a man for the words of his praise.
22 Though you grind a fool
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
so a person is tested by being praised.
22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
but the folly will not be driven out.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
21 A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold,
but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.
22 If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle along with the crushed grain,
it will not drive folly from upon him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
21 Fire tests silver. Heat tests gold.
But a man is tested by the praise he receives.
22 You can grind a foolish person in a mill.
You can grind him as you would grind grain with a tool.
But you can’t remove his foolishness from him.
Proverbs 27:21–22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
21 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.