2 Pedro 2:22

22 Demuestran qué tan cierto es el proverbio que dice: «Un perro vuelve a su vómito»
. Y otro que dice: «Un cerdo recién lavado vuelve a revolcarse en el lodo».

2 Pedro 2:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Peter 2:22

But it is happened unto them, according to the true proverb,
&c.] Which is true, both in fact and in the application of it, and which lies in the Scriptures of truth, at least the first part of it, ( Proverbs 26:11 ) .

The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again, and the sow that was
washed to her wallowing in the mire;
which expresses the filthy nature of sin, signified by vomit, mire, and dirt, than which nothing is more abominable and defiling; and also the just characters of these apostates, who are filly compared to dogs and swine and likewise their irreclaimable and irrecoverable state and condition, it being impossible they should be otherwise, unless their natures were changed and altered. In the Hebrew language, a "sow" is called (ryzx) , from the root (rzx) , which signifies to "return", because that creature, as soon as it is out of the mire and dirt, and is washed from its filthiness, naturally returns to it again: so such apostates return to what they were before, to their former principles and practices: in this manner the Jews explain the proverb,

``Tobiah returns to Tobiah, as it is said, ( Proverbs 26:11 ) ; as a dog returneth to his vomit ^F18.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Vajikra Rabba, sect. 16. fol. 158. 4.

2 Pedro 2:22 In-Context

20 Y cuando la gente escapa de la maldad del mundo por medio de conocer a nuestro Señor y Salvador Jesucristo, pero luego se enreda y vuelve a quedar esclavizada por el pecado, termina peor que antes.

21 Les hubiera sido mejor nunca haber conocido el camino a la justicia, en lugar de conocerlo y luego rechazar el mandato que se les dio de vivir una vida santa.

22 Demuestran qué tan cierto es el proverbio que dice: «Un perro vuelve a su vómito»
. Y otro que dice: «Un cerdo recién lavado vuelve a revolcarse en el lodo».