Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.

International Standard Version

A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.

A Conservative Version

As a dog who returns to his vomit, [is] a fool who repeats his folly.

American Standard Version

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

Amplified


Like a dog that returns to his vomit
Is a fool who repeats his foolishness.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

Julia Smith Translation

As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Like a dog returning to his vomit [is] a fool reverting to his folly.

Modern King James verseion

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Like as the dog turneth again to his vomit, even so a fool beginneth his foolishness again afresh.

NET Bible

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

New Heart English Bible

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

The Emphasized Bible

As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.

Webster

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

World English Bible

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

Youngs Literal Translation

As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As a dog
כּלב 
Keleb 
dog
Usage: 32

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
שׁנה 
Shanah 
Usage: 1058
Usage: 22

to his vomit
קיא קא 
Qe' 
Usage: 4

so a fool
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

Context Readings

All About Fools

10 The great God who formed all things rewards the fool as well as the sinner with wages. 11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 See a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Cross References

2 Peter 2:22

It happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

Exodus 8:15

The king saw that the frogs were dead. He became stubborn again and, just as Jehovah had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

Matthew 12:45

Then it takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself. They enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. It will also be like this with this evil generation.

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