Ezekiel 16:44
“¶ Behold, euery one that vseth prouerbs, shall vse this prouerbe against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.”
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Ezekiel 16:44 Context
42So will I make my fury towards thee to rest, and my iealousie shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 43Because thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, but hast fretted mee in all these things; behold therefore, I also will recompence thy way vpon thine head, saith the Lord God: and thou shalt not commit this lewdnesse, aboue all thine abominations. 44¶ Behold, euery one that vseth prouerbs, shall vse this prouerbe against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45Thou art thy mothers daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children, and thou art the sister of thy sisters which lothed their husbands, and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
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Other Translations
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, [so is] her daughter.
- King James Version
"Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote {this} proverb concerning you, saying, 'Like mother, like daughter.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use `this' proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- American Standard Version (1901)
See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.
- Basic English Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!
- Darby Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- Webster's Bible
Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- World English Bible
Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying: As the mother, so her daughter.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote {this} proverb concerning you, saying, 'Like mother, like daughter.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use `this' proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- American Standard Version (1901)
See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.
- Basic English Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!
- Darby Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- Webster's Bible
Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- World English Bible
Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying: As the mother, so her daughter.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 16:44
16:44 The mother - Old Jerusalem, when the seat of the Jebusites, or the land of Canaan, when full of the idolatrous, bloody, barbarous nations. Her daughter - Jerusalem, or the Jews who are more like those accursed nations in sin, than near them in place of abode.