Terms for subject Proverb containing water snow

English	Russian
whether you boil snow or pound it, you can have but water of it	воду толочь – вода будет (useless and senseless work always results in nothing)
whether you boil snow or pound it, you can have but water of it	воду в ступе толочь – вода и будет (useless and senseless work always results in nothing)
whether you boil snow or pound it, you can have but water of it	воду в ступе толочь – вода будет (useless and senseless work always results in nothing)
whether you boil snow or pound it, you can have but water of it	воду толочь – вода и будет (useless and senseless work always results in nothing)