Ezekiel Chapter 16 verse 44 Holy Bible
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use `this' proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
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See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.
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Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!
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Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
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Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
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Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 44. - Every one that speaketh proverbs, etc. As in Ezekiel 18:2, we have an example of the tendency of the Eastern mind to condense the experience of life into the form of proverbial sayings. Here the proverb expresses what we call the doctrine of heredite. We say, in such cases, "Like father, like son;" but the feeling of the East recognized, especially in the case of daughters, that the mother's influence was predominant.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(44) As is the mother.--The sin of the people had become so notorious as to attract general attention, and lead to the application of this proverb. The nativity of Israel described in Ezekiel 16:3 is here in mind, and the proverb becomes equivalent to saying, these sins belong to every people living in Canaan; once practised by the Amorites and Hittites, they are now continued by the Israelites.
