Proverbs 26:11
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- KJV
- As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to 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.
- DARBY
- As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.
- BLB
- Like a dog returning to its vomit [is] a fool repeating his folly.
- ÅB
- Lik hunden som vender tilbake til sitt eget spy, er en dåre som kommer igjen med sin dårskap.
- OTB
- Som en hund vender tilbake til sitt spy, slik gjentar en dåre sin dårskap.
- B1930
- Lik hunden som vender tilbake til sitt eget spy, er en dåre som kommer igjen med sin dårskap.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Peter 2:22
Of 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.”
Read in contextMatthew 12:45
Then 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.”
Read in contextExodus 8:15
When 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.
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