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and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.” <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb, &#8220A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,&#8221 and, &#8220A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The message of the true proverb has happened to them, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The thing spoken of in the true proverb has happened to them, “THE DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow is washed only to wallow [again] in the mire.” <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “A washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.” <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, &#8220a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> What happened to them is just like the true saying, "A dog will come back to lick up its own vomit. A pig that has been washed will roll in the mud." <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These proverbs have come true for them: "A dog goes back to its vomit," and "A sow that has been washed goes back to roll around in the mud." <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: "A dog goes back to what it has vomited" and "A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud." <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud." <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire." <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire." <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But it hath happened to 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. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth." <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and that of the true proverb has happened to them: “A dog turned back on his own vomit,” and, “A sow having bathed herself—to rolling in mire.” <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> The thing true of the proverb has happened to them: "A dog having returned to its own vomit," and, "A sow having washed, to her rolling place in the mire." <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; 'A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, 'A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.' <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit: and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For the truth of the proverb has happened to them: The dog has returned to his own vomit, and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> What is expressed in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A bathed sow returns to wallowing in the mire.” <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns back to its own vomit,” and, “The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> It will come to pass with them according to the true proverb, The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But these things have happened to them of the true proverb: “The dog that returned to its vomit, and the pig that was washed to the wallowing of the mud.” <div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> It has happened unto them according to the old proverb, The dog having returned to his own vomit; and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But the true proverb is verified in them, The dog hath returned to his own vomit; and the sow which was washed to its wallowing in the mire.<CM> <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but the proverb is exactly verified in them, "the dog is return'd to his own vomit: the sow that was wash'd, is wallowing in the mire." <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth." <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog having returned to his own vomit"; and "A sow that was washed, to her wallowing in mire." <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But it is happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog is returned to his own vomit, and, The swine that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=463" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a> …21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. 22<a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Of them</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3942.htm" title="3942: paroimias (N-GFS) -- A cryptic saying, an allegory; a proverb, figurative discourse. ">proverbs</a> <a href="/greek/4819.htm" title="4819: symbebēken (V-RIA-3S) -- To happen, occur, meet. From sun and the base of basis; to walk together, i.e. Concur.">are</a> <a href="/greek/227.htm" title="227: alēthous (Adj-GFS) -- Unconcealed, true, true in fact, worthy of credit, truthful. TRUE.">true:</a> <a href="/greek/2965.htm" title="2965: Kyōn (N-NMS) -- A dog, universally despised in the East. A primary word; a dog.">“A dog</a> <a href="/greek/1994.htm" title="1994: epistrepsas (V-APA-NMS) -- From epi and strepho; to revert.">returns</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398: idion (Adj-ANS) -- Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.">its</a> <a href="/greek/1829.htm" title="1829: exerama (N-ANS) -- Vomit. From a comparative of ek and a presumed erao; vomit, i.e. Food disgorged.">vomit,”</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and,</a> <a href="/greek/5300.htm" title="5300: Hys (N-NFS) -- A hog, boar, or sow. Apparently a primary word; a hog.">“A sow</a> <a href="/greek/3068.htm" title="3068: lousamenē (V-APM-NFS) -- A primary verb; to bathe.">that is washed</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">goes back to her</a> <a href="/greek/2946.htm" title="2946: kylismon (N-AMS) -- A place of wallowing. From kulioo; a wallow, i.e. Filth.">wallowing</a> <a href="/greek/1004.htm" title="1004: borborou (N-GMS) -- Mud, mire, filth. Of uncertain derivation; mud.">in the mud.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a> As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Matthew 7:6</a> Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Philippians 3:2</a> Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh! <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4-6</a> It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, / who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— / and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame. <a href="/jude/1-10.htm">Jude 1:10</a> These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively. <a href="/matthew/12-43.htm">Matthew 12:43-45</a> When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. / Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order. / 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.” <a href="/luke/11-24.htm">Luke 11:24-26</a> When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ / On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. / Then it goes and brings 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.” <a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a> Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ... <a href="/1_john/2-19.htm">1 John 2:19</a> They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. <a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-31</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ... <a href="/galatians/4-9.htm">Galatians 4:9</a> But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-2</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a> But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-11</a> Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But it is happened to 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.The dog.<a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a> As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/9-37.htm">Bathed</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">Case</a> <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">Described</a> <a href="/james/2-2.htm">Dirty</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-4.htm">Dog</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Example</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Mire</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Pig</a> <a href="/john/16-29.htm">Proverb</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-15.htm">Returns</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-7.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Rolling</a> <a href="/james/3-9.htm">Similitude</a> <a href="/james/3-18.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">True.</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-21.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/james/5-20.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Vomit</a> <a href="/jonah/2-10.htm">Vomited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Wallow</a> <a href="/mark/9-20.htm">Wallowing</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Washing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/29-4.htm">Bathed</a> <a href="/genesis/24-5.htm">Case</a> <a href="/revelation/22-18.htm">Described</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-26.htm">Dirty</a> <a href="/exodus/11-7.htm">Dog</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Example</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Food</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/3_john/1-12.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-43.htm">Mire</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Pig</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Proverb</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Returns</a> <a href="/revelation/1-11.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Rolling</a> <a href="/numbers/12-8.htm">Similitude</a> <a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-1.htm">True.</a> <a href="/revelation/1-12.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/genesis/27-44.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/revelation/3-16.htm">Vomit</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">Vomited</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Wallow</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-12.htm">Wallowing</a> <a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/genesis/18-4.htm">Washing</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_peter/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_peter/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_peter/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Of them the proverbs are true: This phrase introduces the use of proverbs to illustrate a spiritual truth. Proverbs, often used in biblical literature, convey wisdom through concise and memorable sayings. Here, Peter references well-known proverbs to emphasize the nature of false teachers and those who fall away from the faith. The use of proverbs in Jewish culture was a common method to impart moral lessons, and Peter's audience would have been familiar with this teaching style.“A dog returns to its vomit,” This proverb is a direct quotation from <a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a>, which highlights the foolishness of repeating one's mistakes. In the ancient Near East, dogs were not the beloved pets they are today but were often seen as unclean scavengers. This imagery underscores the repulsive nature of returning to sinful behaviors after having known the truth of the Gospel. The proverb serves as a warning against apostasy and the dangers of reverting to a sinful lifestyle after experiencing the cleansing power of Christ.and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.” The image of a washed sow returning to the mud further illustrates the futility of external cleansing without internal transformation. In Jewish culture, pigs were considered unclean animals, and the act of washing a pig only for it to return to the mud highlights the superficiality of outward change without genuine repentance. This reflects the broader biblical theme that true conversion involves a change of heart, not just behavior. The imagery serves as a caution against superficial faith and underscores the necessity of a deep, transformative relationship with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, addressing false teachers and the dangers they pose to the early Christian community. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals within the early church who were leading others astray with heretical teachings and immoral behavior. 3. <a href="/topical/p/proverbs.htm">Proverbs</a> The sayings referenced by Peter, which are drawn from Jewish wisdom literature and common cultural proverbs of the time. 4. <a href="/topical/d/dogs_and_sows.htm">Dogs and Sows</a> Animals used metaphorically to illustrate the nature of those who return to sinful behaviors after having known the truth. 5. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who were being warned against the influence of false teachers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_apostasy.htm">The Danger of Apostasy</a> Apostasy, or falling away from the faith, is a serious danger. Believers must remain vigilant and grounded in the truth to avoid returning to sinful ways. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_false_teachers.htm">The Nature of False Teachers</a> False teachers are likened to animals returning to filth, highlighting their corrupt nature and the futility of their teachings. Christians must discern and reject such influences. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_growth.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Growth</a> Just as a washed sow should not return to the mud, believers are called to grow in holiness and not revert to past sins. Spiritual maturity is essential. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_accountability.htm">The Role of Community Accountability</a> The early church was warned collectively, emphasizing the importance of community in holding one another accountable and protecting against false teachings. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_persevere_in_faith.htm">The Call to Persevere in Faith</a> Believers are encouraged to persevere in their faith, continually seeking God's guidance and strength to resist the temptation to return to old ways.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/does_a_washed_sow_return_to_the_mire.htm">Does a washed sow return to the mire?</a> <a href="/q/ready_for_the_wedding_feast.htm">Does a washed sow return to the mire?</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_'a_dog_returns_to_its_vomit'.htm">What does "a dog returns to its vomit" mean?</a> <a href="/q/should_you_disregard_prophecies.htm">What does 'a dog returns to its vomit' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb.--More literally, There has happened to them what the true proverb says; "but" is of very doubtful authority. The word for "proverb" is the one used elsewhere only by St. John in his Gospel, and there translated once "parable" and thrice "proverb." "Parable," or "allegory," would have been best in all four cases (<a href="/john/10-6.htm" title="This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.">John 10:6</a>, where see Note; <a href="/john/16-25.htm" title="These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.">John 16:25</a>; <a href="/john/16-29.htm" title="His disciples said to him, See, now speak you plainly, and speak no proverb.">John 16:29</a>). The first proverb is found, <a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm" title="As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.">Proverbs 26:11</a>, and if that be the source of the quotation, we have here an independent translation of the Hebrew, for the LXX. gives an entirely different rendering, "dog" being the only word in common to the two Greek versions. The word for "vomit" here is possibly formed by the writer himself; that for "wallowing" is also a rare word. The LXX. adds, "and becomes abominable," which has no equivalent in the existing Hebrew text; and it has been suggested that these words may misrepresent the Hebrew original of the second proverb here. But it is quite possible that both proverbs come from popular tradition, and not from Scripture at all. If, however, the Book of Proverbs be the source of the quotation, it is worth while noting that no less than four times in as many chapters does St. Peter recall passages from the Proverbs in the First Epistle (<a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm" title="That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:">1Peter 1:7</a>; <a href="/1_peter/2-17.htm" title="Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.">1Peter 2:17</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-8.htm" title="And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.">1Peter 4:8</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-18.htm" title="And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?">1Peter 4:18</a>). In the Greek neither proverb has a verb, as so often in such sayings--a dog that has returned to his own vomit; a washed sow to wallowing in the mire; just as we say "the dog in the manger," "a fool and his money." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb. The conjunction "but" is omitted in the best manuscripts. The literal translation is, "There hath happened unto them that of the true proverb (τὸ τῆς παροιμίας);" comp. <a href="/matthew/21-21.htm">Matthew 21:21</a>, τὸ τῆς συκῆς. The dog is turned to his own vomit again. The construction is participial; literally, a dog having turned. See Wirier (3:45, 6, b), who says that in such proverbial expressions there is no reason for changing the participle into a finite verb: "They are spoken δεικτικῶς as it were, with reference to a case actually observed." St. Peter may be quoting <a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a>; but his words are very different from the Septuagint Version of that passage; perhaps it is more probable that the expression had become proverbial, and that the apostle is referring to a form of it in common use with his readers; like that which follows, which is not in the Book of Proverbs. And the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire; literally, the sow that had washed to her wallowing; or, according to some ancient manuscripts, "her wallowing-place." St. Peter compares the lives of the false teachers to the habits of those animals which were regarded as unclean, and were most despised by the Jews (compare our Lord's words in <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Matthew 7:6</a>). The words ἐξέραμα, vomit; κυλισμός, wallowing; and βόρβορος, mire, are not found elsewhere in the New Testament. <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Of them αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. proverbs παροιμίας (paroimias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3942.htm">Strong's 3942: </a> A cryptic saying, an allegory; a proverb, figurative discourse. are συμβέβηκεν (symbebēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4819.htm">Strong's 4819: </a> To happen, occur, meet. From sun and the base of basis; to walk together, i.e. Concur. true: ἀληθοῦς (alēthous) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> Unconcealed, true, true in fact, worthy of credit, truthful. TRUE. “A dog Κύων (Kyōn) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2965.htm">Strong's 2965: </a> A dog, universally despised in the East. A primary word; a dog. returns ἐπιστρέψας (epistrepsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1994.htm">Strong's 1994: </a> From epi and strepho; to revert. to ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. [its] ἴδιον (idion) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate. vomit,” ἐξέραμα (exerama) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1829.htm">Strong's 1829: </a> Vomit. From a comparative of ek and a presumed erao; vomit, i.e. Food disgorged. and, καί (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. “A sow Ὗς (Hys) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5300.htm">Strong's 5300: </a> A hog, boar, or sow. Apparently a primary word; a hog. that is washed λουσαμένη (lousamenē) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> A primary verb; to bathe. [goes back] to [her] εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. wallowing κυλισμὸν (kylismon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2946.htm">Strong's 2946: </a> A place of wallowing. From kulioo; a wallow, i.e. Filth. in [the] mud.” βορβόρου (borborou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> Mud, mire, filth. 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