Ezekiel 16:44
King James Version (KJV)
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
In context
42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
45 Thou art thy mother’s 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.
46 And 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.
Ezekiel 16:44 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother — her daughter!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.