| English | Russian |
| a mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что было, то сплыло |
| a mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что с возу упало, то пропало |
| a mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что было, то было (и быльём поросло) |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что было, то сплыло (дословно: Мельница не может молоть на утёкшей воде) |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | мельница не может молоть на утёкшей воде |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что прошло, того не воротишь (дословно: Мельница не может молоть на утёкшей воде) |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что было, то прошло и быльём поросло (what has been, has been and is long forgotten, what's past is past) |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | было да травой поросло (what has been, has been and is long forgotten, what's past is past) |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | что было, то прошло (what has been, has been and is long forgotten, what's past is past) |
| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past | было да быльём поросло (what has been, has been and is long forgotten, what's past is past) |
| the mills of God grind slowly | Бог правду видит, да не скоро скажет |
| the mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small | бог правду видит, да не скоро скажет |
| the mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small | не скор Бог, да меток |
| the mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small | бог видит, да нам не скажет |
| wheels of justice grind slowly | жернова правосудия мелют медленно (Leonid Dzhepko) |
