2 Peter 2:22

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They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth. 2 Peter 2:22 (BBE)

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ASV

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.

BSB

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.”

DBY

But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.

DRA

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.

FBV

This proverb has come true for them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the washed pig has gone back to rolling in the mud.”

GNV

But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.

KJV

But it is happened unto 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.

OJB

The word of the true mashal [(proverb)] has overtaken them: KECHELEV SHAV AL KE'O[(As a dog having returned to its own vomit)], and a “chazir [(swine)] is washed only to wallow in the mud.”