Proverbs 26 · Verse 11

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Proverbs 26:11, King James Version

Proverbs 26:11 in other translations

BSB	As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats 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.
YLT	As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
DARBY	As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.
BBE	Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
Webster	As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. returneth ... folly--Though disgusting to others, the fool delights in his folly.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit - See note on 2Pet 2:22.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

The dog is a loathsome emblem of those sinners who return to their vices, 2Pe 2:22.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּ֭כֶלֶבKe.khe.levlike a dogH3611

שָׁ֣בshav[which] returnsH7725

עַל\־'al-toH5921

קֵא֑וֹke.'Oown vomit itsH6892

כְּ֝סִ֗ילke.Sila foolH3684

שׁוֹנֶ֥הsho.Neh[who] repeatsH8138

בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ\׃ve.'i.val.To<in> foolishness hisH200

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2 Peter 2:22
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.
Matthew 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a dog.
Ex 8:15; Mt 12:45; 2Pe 2:22
returneth to his folly. Heb. iterateth his folly.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 26:10
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Como perro que vuelve á su vómito, así el necio que repite su necedad.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Comme le chien retourne à son vomissement, le sot répète sa folie.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wie ein Hund, der zurückkehrt zu seinem Gespei: so ist ein Tor, der seine Narrheit wiederholt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam.