proverb · Legacy record
Do not try to squeeze blood from a stone; God has not placed any in there.
Do not try to squeeze blood from a stone; God has not placed any in there.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Blood sought from a stone pictures an impossible demand on something lacking the required capacity. The reference to God gives the limitation a religious expression.
What the words are saying
A useful reading asks whether a request fits actual means without assigning people fixed incapacity or low worth. Resources and support can change what is possible. The sentence is not a biological mechanism or a verified divine explanation, and it supplies no practical extraction method.
Everyday example
Someone revises a request after recognising the resources the other person actually has.
When to use it
Use it to examine feasible demands with support and dignity retained.
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What it does not mean
No fixed human incapacity or verified supernatural cause is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 468; PDF page 44; collection label: Middle East
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Middle East