As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.
2 Peter 2:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, , and, ‘A washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, The dog turns back to his own vomit, and, The sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire. [Prov. 26:11.] American Standard Version (1901) It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. Common English Bible They demonstrate the truth of the proverb: “A dog returns to its own vomit, and a washed sow wallows in the mud.” Catholic Public Domain Version For the truth of the proverb has happened to them: The dog has returned to his own vomit, and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit: and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. |
As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.
‘If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,
Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.