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Ezekiel 16:44

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

KJV

Ecce omnis qui dicit vulgo proverbium, in te assumet illud, dicens : Sicut mater, ita et filia ejus.

Vulgate

ταῦτά ἐστιν πάντα ὅσα εἶπαν κατὰ σοῦ ἐν παραβολῇ λέγοντες Καθὼς ἡ μήτηρ,

LXX

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

ASV

הִנֵּה֙ כָּל הַ/מֹּשֵׁ֔ל עָלַ֥יִ/ךְ יִמְשֹׁ֖ל לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כְּ/אִמָּ֖/ה בִּתָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי
nmshlty
verb · 15×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 24:13 — As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • Ezek 16:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
  • Ezek 18:2 — What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
  • Gen 31:1 — And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
  • Ps 106:35 — But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.