Proverbs 26:11
ContextNET © | Like a dog that returns to its vomit, 1 so a fool repeats his folly. 2 |
NIV © | As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. |
NASB © | Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly. |
NLT © | As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. |
MSG © | As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness. |
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. |
NRSV © | Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly. |
NKJV © | As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly. |
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NET © | Like a dog that returns to its vomit, 1 so a fool repeats his folly. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The simile is graphic and debasing (cf. 2 Peter 2:22). 2 sn The point is clear: Fools repeat their disgusting mistakes, or to put it another way, whenever we repeat our disgusting mistakes we are fools. The proverb is affirming that no matter how many times a fool is warned, he never learns. |