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BrayThe word "bray" here does n o t mean the sound of a donkey, but rather “to pound” or “to crush.”MortarA mortar is the bowl or vessel where grain or spices are pounded with a pestle.PestleA pestle is the heavy tool (like a thick club or stick, often stone, wood, or metal) that you hold in your hand to pound or crush things inside the mortar (the bowl).In biblical times, wheat would be pounded in a mortar to separate the kernel from the husk.Meaning of the VerseEven if you p o u n d a fool as thoroughly as wheat is crushed in a mortar, his foolishness won’t leave him.It’s a picture of s t u b b o r n n e s s and the deep-rooted nature of folly.Discipline, pressure, and correction may b r u i s e him, but his folly will cling to him u n l e s s his heart is changed by God.👉 In plain words: You can b e a t folly out of a fool all day, but he’ll still cling to it—because foolishness is b o u n d up in his nature.