Matthew Henry · Verse 11
The dog is a loathsome emblem of those sinners who return to their vices, 2Pe 2:22.
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
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.
ASV
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that 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.
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