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OET (OET-RV) The proverb is correct in what it says and has happened to them: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A sow that’s been washed wallows in the mud again.”
OET-LV the message of_the true proverb has_happened to_them:
A_dog having_returned to its own vomit, and:
A_sow having_washed, to wallowing in_the_mud.
SR-GNT Συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας: “Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα”, καί, “Ὗς λουσαμένη, εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου.” ‡
(Sumbebaʸken autois to taʸs alaʸthous paroimias: “Kuōn epistrepsas epi to idion exerama”, kai, “Hus lousamenaʸ, eis kulismon borborou.”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT This of the true proverb has happened to them: “A dog returns to its own vomit, and a washed pig to the rolling of mud.”
UST This is a true proverb that describes what has happened to these false teachers: “They are like dogs that return to eat their own vomit,” and, “They are like pigs that have washed themselves and then roll again in the mud.”
BSB Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[fn] and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
2:22 Proverbs 26:11
BLB The thing true of the proverb has happened to them: "A dog having returned to its own vomit," and, "A sow having washed, to her rolling place in the mire."
AICNT [[But]][fn] Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A pig that is washed goes back to rolling in the mire.”[fn]
OEB In their case is seen the truth of the proverb – “A dog returns to what it has vomited” and “A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.”
WEB But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
NET They are illustrations of this true proverb: “ A dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”
LSV and that of the true proverb has happened to them: “A dog turned back on his own vomit,” and, “A sow having bathed herself—to rolling in 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.”[fn]
2:22 Quoting Proverbs 26:11.
TCNT What the true proverb says has happened to them: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing herself, returns to wallowing in the mire.”
T4T The 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.
LEB The statement of the true proverb has happened to them, “A dog returns to its own vomit,”[fn] and “A sow,after[fn] washing herself,returns[fn] to wallowing in the mud.”[fn]
?:? A paraphrased quotation from Prov 26:11|link-href="None"
?:? *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
?:? The source of this quotation is uncertain
BBE 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.
MOF No MOF 2PET book available
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.
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.
YLT and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; 'A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, 'A sow having bathed herself — to rolling in mire.'
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.
RV 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.
WBS But it hath happened to 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.
KJB 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.
(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. )
BB But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe: The dogge is tourned to his owne vomite againe, and the sowe that was wasshed, is turned againe to her wallowyng in the myre.
(But the same is happened unto them that is used to be spoken by the true proverb: The dogge is tourned to his own vomite again, and the sowe that was washed, is turned again to her wallowyng in the myre.)
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.
(But it is come unto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his own vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre. )
CB It is happened vnto them acordynge vnto the true prouerbe: ye dogg is turned to his vomyte agayne: and ye sowe that was wasshed, vnto hir walowynge in the myre.
(It is happened unto them acordynge unto the true proverb: ye/you_all dogg is turned to his vomyte again: and ye/you_all sowe that was washed, unto her walowynge in the myre.)
TNT It is happened vnto them accordinge to the true proverbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet agayne and the sow that was wesshed to her wallowynge in the myre.
(It is happened unto them accordinge to the true proverbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet again and the sow that was washed to her wallowynge in the myre. )
WYC For thilke very prouerb bifelde to hem, The hound turnede ayen to his castyng, and a sowe is waischun in walwyng in fenne.
(For that very prouerb bifelde to them, The hound turned ayen to his casting/throwing, and a sowe is washing in walwyng in fenne.)
LUT Es ist ihnen widerfahren das wahre Sprichwort: Der Hund frisset wieder, was er gespeiet hat, und: Die Sau wälzet sich nach der Schwemme wieder im Kot.
(It is ihnen widerfahren the wahre Sprichwort: The Hund frisset again, was he gespeiet has, und: The Sau wälzet itself/yourself/themselves nach the Schwemme again in_the Kot.)
CLV Contigit enim eis illud veri proverbii: Canis reversus ad suum vomitum: et, Sus lota in volutabro luti.[fn]
(Contigit because eis illud veri proverbii: Canis reversus to his_own vomitum: et, Sus lota in volutabro luti.)
2.22 Contigit enim illis. BEDA. In Proverbiis cum expositione positum est, etc., usque ad ante Dei oculos sordidas ipsas etiam lacrymas facit.
2.22 Contigit because illis. BEDA. In Proverbiis when/with expositione positum it_is, etc., usque to before God oculos sordidas ipsas also lacrymas facit.
UGNT συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας, κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα, καί, ὗς λουσαμένη, εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου.
(sumbebaʸken autois to taʸs alaʸthous paroimias, kuōn epistrepsas epi to idion exerama, kai, ὗs lousamenaʸ, eis kulismon borborou.)
SBL-GNT ⸀συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας· Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα, καί· Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς ⸀κυλισμὸν βορβόρου.
(⸀sumbebaʸken autois to taʸs alaʸthous paroimias; Kuōn epistrepsas epi to idion exerama, kai; Hus lousamenaʸ eis ⸀kulismon borborou. )
TC-GNT Συμβέβηκε [fn]δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας, Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα, καὶ ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς [fn]κύλισμα βορβόρου.
(Sumbebaʸke de autois to taʸs alaʸthous paroimias, Kuōn epistrepsas epi to idion exerama, kai ὗs lousamenaʸ eis kulisma borborou.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
2:22 “A dog returns to its vomit”: Dogs were not seen as friendly family pets but as wild and filthy beasts.
• “A washed pig returns to the mud”: This proverb might go back to a popular book of sayings called Ahiqar from around 500 BC, which reads, “My son, you have been to me like the pig who went into the hot bath with people of quality, and when it came out of the hot bath, it saw a filthy hole and went down and wallowed in it” (Ahiqar 8:18).
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας
/has/_happened ˱to˲_them the_‹word› ˱of˲_the true proverb
Here, This refers to the proverb Peter states later in this verse. It does not refer back to a statement from the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “What this true proverb says has happened to them” or “This true proverb describes what happened to them”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοῖς
˱to˲_them
Here, the pronoun them refers to the false teachers introduced in 2:1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “to these false teachers”
Note 3 topic: writing-proverbs
κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα, καί, ὗς λουσαμένη, εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου
/a/_dog /having/_returned to its own vomit and /a/_sow /having/_washed to wallowing ˱in˲_/the/_mud
Peter uses two proverbs to illustrate what the false teachers have done. These proverbs make a figurative comparison: Just as a dog returns to eat its own vomit and a washed pig rolls in the mud again, so these false teachers, who once stopped living a sinful life, have now gone back to living sinfully. Although they knew “the way of righteousness,” they went back to doing the things that defile them morally and spiritually. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning by translating these proverbs as similes. Alternate translation: “They are like dogs that eat their own vomit or like clean pigs that go back to rolling in the mud.”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
κύων
/a/_dog
A dog is an animal that is considered to be unclean and disgusting by Jews and many cultures of the Ancient Near East. Therefore, calling someone a dog was an insult. If dogs are unfamiliar to your culture and you have a different animal that is considered unclean and disgusting or whose name is used as an insult, you could use the name of this animal instead.
Note 5 topic: translate-unknown
ὗς
/a/_sow
A pig is an animal that is considered to be unclean and disgusting by Jews and many cultures of the Ancient Near East. Therefore, calling someone a pig was an insult. If pigs are unfamiliar to your culture and you have a different animal that is considered unclean and disgusting or whose name is used as an insult, you could use the name of this animal instead.