Proverbs 27:20-22 in English

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable.

^20a He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.

²¹ Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him.

^21a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

²² Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.

²¹ Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

²² Though you scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, you will still in no wise remove his folly from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹ The fining 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 among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

²⁰ It is as though the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to die and come there; and humans SYN are always wanting to acquire more things, too.

²¹ Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure, and SIM people learn what we are really like when they see how we react when people praise us.

²² Even if you beat/crush a fool severely like MET you pulverize grain with a pestle, you probably will not be able to cause him to stop ◄being foolish/doing foolish things►.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.

²¹ Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

²² Though you scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, you will still in no wise remove his folly from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

²¹ The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

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.

²⁰ Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

²¹ As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

²² Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

²⁰ In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.

²¹ Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.

²² Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.

²⁰ The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

²¹ As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

²⁰ The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.

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 among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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.

²⁰ The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man never satisfied.

²¹ As the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man proved according to his praise.

²² Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are not filled; So also are the eyes of men insatiable.

^20a He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; And the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.

²¹ Fire is the trial for silver and gold; And a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him.

^21a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; But an upright heart seeks knowledge.

²² Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, Thou wilt still in nowise remove his folly from him.

²⁰ The realms of the dead are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹ The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.

²² Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly depart from him.

²⁰ Sheol ·Place of the dead· and Abaddon ·bottomless pit· are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.

²² Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹ As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

²² Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²⁰ Hell and perdition shall not be filled; so and the eyes of men be not able to be filled or be unfillable.

²¹ As silver is proved in a welling place, and gold is proved in a furnace; so a man is proved by the mouth of his praisers.

²² Though thou poundedest a fool in a mortar, as with a pestle smiting above dried barley, his folly shall not be done away from him.

²⁰ Hell and perdition shall not be filled; so and the eyes of men be not able to be (ful)filled. (Sheol, or the land of the dead, and perdition, or Hell and perdition, shall never be filled full; and the eyes, or the appetites, of people shall never be fulfilled, or satisfied.)

²¹ As silver is proved in a welling place, and gold is proved in a furnace; so a man is proved by the mouth of his praisers (or so a person is proved, or assayed, by the words of his praisers).

²² Though thou poundedest a fool in a mortar, as with a pestle smiting above dried barley (or like pounding dried barley with a pestle), his folly shall not be done away from him.

²⁰ Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

²¹ A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

²² If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.