44Behold, every one that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.


In Context

41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women: and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no hire any more.

42 So will I make my fury toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

43 Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense your way on your head, said the Lord GOD: and you shall not commit this lewdness above all your abominations.

44 Behold, every one that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

45 You are your mother's daughter, that loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

46 And your elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at your left hand: and your younger sister, that dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Ezekiel 16:44 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, [so is] her daughter.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:44" 'Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold every one that useth a common proverb, shall use this against thee, saying: As the mother was, so also is her daughter.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, so is her daughter!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:44Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:44Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother — her daughter!