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Proverbs 26:11–12

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11Like ha dog that returns to his vomit

is ia fool who repeats his folly.

12Do you see a man who is jwise in his own eyes?

kThere is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Cross references

  1. hCited 2 Pet. 2:22
  2. i[Ex. 8:15]
  3. jch. 28:11; [Rom. 12:16]
  4. kch. 29:20

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As a dog returns to its vomit,

so fools repeat their folly.

Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As a dog returns to its vomit,

so also a fool repeats his foolishness.

Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

NLTNew Living Translation

As a dog returns to its vomit,

so a fool repeats his foolishness.

There is more hope for fools

than for people who think they are wise.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like a dog returning to his vomit

is a fool reverting to his folly.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

KJV 1900King James Version

As a dog returneth to his vomit,

So a fool returneth to his folly.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

There is more hope of a fool than of him.