Ezekiel 16:44 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.”
Ezekiel 16:44 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 16:44 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 16:44 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’”
Ezekiel 16:44 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 16:44 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. ”
Ezekiel 16:44 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 16:44 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!”
Ezekiel 16:44 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 16:44 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter! ”
Ezekiel 16:44 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 16:44 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, all that vse prouerbes, shall vse this prouerbe against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.”
Ezekiel 16:44 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 16:44 in Context — Ezekiel 16
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.
What Does Ezekiel 16:44 Mean?
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