²²The statement of the true proverb has happened to them, “A dog returns to its own vomit,”^l and “A sow, after^* washing herself, returns^* to wallowing in the mud.”^m

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Footnotes

lA paraphrased quotation from Prov 26:11
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“washing herself”) which is understood as temporal
*The verb “returns” is not in the Greek text, but is an understood repetition from the previous clause
mThe source of this quotation is uncertain

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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