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2 Peter 2:22

“The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire.”

2 Peter 2:22 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Proverbs 26:11

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The first part of the proverb is Proverbs 26:11; the part about the sow is not in the Old Testament.

Formula: συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας “the saying of the true proverb has happened to them” (2 Peter 2:22)

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Greek of the New Testament: συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα καί Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כְּכֶלֶב שָׁב עַל קֵאוֹ כְּסִיל שׁוֹנֶה בְאִוַּלְתּוֹ

Septuagint (Proverbs 26:11 in the Septuagint numbering): ὥσπερ κύων ὅταν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἔμετον καὶ μισητὸς γένηται, οὕτως ἄφρων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ ἀναστρέψας ἐπὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν. ἔστιν αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ ἔστιν αἰσχύνη δόξα καὶ χάρις.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

2 Peter 2:22, word by word

of the trueἀληθοῦςalēthous

true, truthful

True, truthful.

Where else “alēthous” appears
proverbπαροιμίαςparoimias

proverb

A short saying people repeat because it holds a known truth.

Where else “paroimias” appears
has happenedσυμβέβηκενsymbebēken

happen

Happen, come about.

Where else “symbebēken” appears
A dogΚύωνKyōn

dog

Dog; in the Bible, an unclean animal of the streets.

Where else “Kyōn” appears
returnsἐπιστρέψαςepistrepsas

turn back

To turn around, or go back.

Where else “epistrepsas” appears
its ownἴδιονidion

own

What belongs to someone; their people, their family.

Where else “idion” appears
vomitἐξέραμαexerama

vomit

Vomit.

Where else “exerama” appears
a sowὟςHys

sow, pig

Sow, pig.

Where else “Hys” appears
after washingλουσαμένηlousamenē

bathe

Bathe, wash the whole body (unlike nipto, washing one part, such as the feet or hands).

Where else “lousamenē” appears
wallowingκυλισμὸνkylismon

wallowing

Wallowing, rolling about; the place where one wallows.

Where else “kylismon” appears
in the mireβορβόρουborborou

mud, mire

Mud, mire.

Where else “borborou” appears

Translation note

The first part recalls Proverbs 26:11.

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Proverbs 26:11

The first part of the proverb is Proverbs 26:11; the part about the sow is not in the Old Testament.

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2 Peter 2:22

22The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire.

Proverbs 26:11

11Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a senseless man who repeats his folly.

The context

21For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment handed down to them.

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