Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
2 Peter 2:22 - 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. 更多版本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.” 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. English Standard Version 2016 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.” |
Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
But if, after the stones have been dug out, and the dust wiped away, and it is plastered with other clay,
Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.