22 Det har gått med dem som det så sant heter i ordspråket: Hunden vänder om till sin spya, och tvättat svin vältrar sig i smutsen[a].[b]

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  1. 2:22 Ords 26:11.
  2. 2:22 tvättat svin vältrar sig i smutsen   Ordspråket återfinns i Achikars bok, en arameisk vishetsskrift från ca 500-talet f Kr.

22 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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22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](A) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11