2 Peter 2:22 - Tree of Life Version

What has happened to them confirms the truth of the proverb, “A dog returns to its vomit,” and “A scrubbed pig heads right back into the mud.”

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King 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.

2 Peter 2:22 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Leviticus 14:43

“But suppose the contamination returns, breaking out in the house, after he has pulled out the stones and after he has scraped the house, and it has been re-plastered.

John 10:6

Yeshua told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.