2 Peter 2:22 - English Standard Version 2016

²² What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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

²² 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)

²² 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

²² 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

²² 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

²² 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 his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

Leviticus 14:43

“If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,

John 10:6

This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.