Pharaoh saw that they were free of the frogs, and he again became stubborn. Pharaoh did not do what Moses and Aaron had asked him to do. This happened just like the Lord had said.
Proverbs 26:11 - Easy To Read Version A dog eats food. Then he gets sick and vomits. Then the dog eats that food again. It is the same with a foolish person. He does the same foolish things again and again. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Pharaoh saw that they were free of the frogs, and he again became stubborn. Pharaoh did not do what Moses and Aaron had asked him to do. This happened just like the Lord had said.
You will say, “They hit me but I never felt it. They beat me but I don’t remember it. Now I can’t wake up. I need another drink.”
Hiring a fool or some stranger passing by is dangerous—you don’t know who might get hurt.
You can grind a fool to powder, and still you will not force the foolishness out of him.
Every table is covered with vomit. There is not a clean place anywhere.\par
Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. Then all the spirits go into that person and live there. And that person has even more trouble than he had before. It is the same way with the evil people that live today.”
What those people did is like this true saying: “When a dog vomits (throws up), he comes back to his vomit.” {\cf2\super [10]} And, “After a pig is washed, the pig goes back and rolls in the mud again.”