“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”
King James Version (KJV)
27:20 Hell - The grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more. The eyes - The desires, which discover themselves by the eyes.
27:21 To his praise - Or, according to his praise. So a man is tried by praise.
27:23 Flock - Flocks and herds are here put for all possessions, because anciently they were the chief part of a man's riches.
27:24 For - What thou dost now possess, will not last always. If a man had the wealth of a kingdom, without care and diligence it would be brought to nothing.