The Meaning of Proverbs 26:11 Explained

Proverbs 26:11

KJV: As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

YLT: As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

Darby: As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

ASV: As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As a dog  returneth  to his vomit,  [so] a fool  returneth  to his folly. 

What does Proverbs 26:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

A wise man does not repeat his folly, but a fool does. Similarly a dog returns to eat its vomit, but a man does not. A fool behaves like a dog rather than like a man when he repeats his folly (cf. 2 Peter 2:22).

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:11 mean?

As a dog returns to his own vomit a fool [So] repeats his folly
כְּ֭כֶלֶב שָׁ֣ב עַל־ קֵא֑וֹ כְּ֝סִ֗יל שׁוֹנֶ֥ה בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ

כְּ֭כֶלֶב  As  a  dog 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּלֶב  
Sense: dog.
שָׁ֣ב  returns 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
קֵא֑וֹ  his  own  vomit 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֵא 
Sense: vomit, what is vomited up.
כְּ֝סִ֗יל  a  fool 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
שׁוֹנֶ֥ה  [So]  repeats 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: to repeat, do again, change, alter.
בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ  his  folly 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אִוֶּלֶת  
Sense: foolishness, folly.

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