Proverbs 26:11
A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is like [SIM] a dog returning to eat what it has vomited.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8All their tables are covered with their vomit; filth is everywhere.
2 Peter 2:22The way they are behaving again is just like ◄the proverbs/what people often say►: They are like dogs that return to eat their vomit, and they are like pigs that have been washed and then roll again in the mud.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:11
The Conduct of Fools. 10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. Our translation gives this verse a different reading in the text and in the margin; and accordingly it expresses either, 1. The equity of a good God. The Master, or Lord (so Rab signifies), or, as we read it, The great God that formed all things at first, and still governs them in infinite wisdom, renders to every man according to his work. He rewards the fool, who sinned through ignorance, who knew… Read the whole commentary →