²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

²² 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.

²² Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.