Ezekiel 16:44
World English Bible (WEB)
“‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
In context
42 So I will cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy will depart from you. I will be quiet, and will not be angry any more.
43 “‘“Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head,” says the Lord GOD: “and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
44 “‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
45 You are the daughter of your mother, who loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
46 Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom with her daughters.
Ezekiel 16:44 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
- 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.
- 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.