But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
Proverbs 26:11 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As a dog returneth to his vomit, So a fool returneth to his folly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. American Standard Version (1901) As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So is a fool that repeateth his folly. Common English Bible Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats foolish mistakes. Catholic Public Domain Version Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly. |
But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”
Like an archer who wounds everybody is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So will it be also with this evil generation.”
It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns back to its own vomit,” and, “The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.”