Similitudes and Instructions
Proverbs 26:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.Cited in 2 Peter 2:22
- KJV
- As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly
- WEB
- As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
- ASV
- As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So is a fool that repeateth his folly.
- LSV
- As a dog has returned to its vomit, || A fool is repeating his folly.
- YLT
- As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
- DBY
- As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.
- DRC
- As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.
- GNV
- As a dog turneth againe to his owne vomit, so a foole turneth to his foolishnes.
- JPS
- As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.
- LXXE
- As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame that is glory and grace.]
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כְּ֭כֶלֶב שָׁ֣ב עַל־קֵא֑וֹ כְּ֝סִ֗יל שׁוֹנֶ֥ה בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὥσπερ κύων ὅταν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἔμετον καὶ μισητὸς γένηται, οὕτως ἄφρων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ ἀναστρέψας ἐπὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν· ἔστιν αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ ἐστιν αἰσχύνη δόξα καὶ χάρις.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Dog (Sodomite?)SwineDog, TheFoolProverbs, Book ofFoolsWicked, the, Are Compared toHezekiah (2)Proverbs, the Book ofImpenitence
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Peter 2:22Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
- Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- Exodus 8:15When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).