Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Sand, salt, and a lump of iron are easier to bear than a stupid man.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid person.
Good News Translation®
It is easier to carry a load of sand, salt, and iron than to put up with a stupid person.
Wycliffe Bible
It is lighter (or easier) to bear gravel, and salt, and a gobbet of iron, than a man unprudent, and a fool, and unfaithful. [Lighter (it) is to bear gravel, and salt, and a gobbet of iron, than an imprudent man, and a fool, and unpious.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid man.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid person.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid person.
Common English Bible © 2011
Sand, salt, and a lump of iron are easier to bear than an unintelligent person.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Sand, salt, and an iron weight are easier to bear than the stupid person.
Revised Standard Version
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid man.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid person.