Ezekiel 16:44

Ezekiel 16:44 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: 'Like mother, like daughter.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use this proverb against you: ‘Like mother, like daughter!’

Context of Ezekiel 16:44

42I will continue to punish you until I am no longer angry with you. I will not be upset or angry any more. 43The Almighty Lord says this: I am punishing you as you deserve for all the things that you have done. You have forgotten how I helped you when you were young. You have done many disgusting things and you have also lived like a prostitute. Look! Everyone says that this proverb is true about you: A daughter will do the same things that her mother does. 45Yes, you are a true daughter of your mother! Your mother hated her husband and her children. And you are the same as your sisters too. They also hated their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father was an Amorite. 46Your older sister was Samaria. She and her daughters lived north of you. Your younger sister was Sodom. She and her daughters lived south of you.

Ezekiel 16:44 word by word

הִנֵּה֙ כָּל־הַמֹּשֵׁ֔ל עָלַ֥יִךְ יִמְשֹׁ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּאִמָּ֖ה בִּתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, every one that useth proverbsמָשַׁלmâshal · to use a proverbH4911
• against thee, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• her daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:44

• Ezekiel 18:2‘You say this proverb about Israel: “The fathers have eaten bitter fruit, but it causes their children's teeth to hurt.” Why do you say that?
• 1 Samuel 24:13You know the proverb, “Evil people do evil things.” But I will never try to hurt you.
• Ezekiel 16:3Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says to Jerusalem's people: You were born in the land of Canaan. That is where you came from. Your father was an Amorite and your mother was a Hittite.
• 1 Kings 21:16When Ahab knew that Naboth was dead, he got up from his bed. He went to Naboth's vineyard to take it for himself.
• 2 Kings 17:11At all those places they burned incense to worship their gods, as the nations in Canaan had done. The Lord had chased those nations out of Canaan so that the Israelites could live there. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
• 2 Kings 21:9But the people did not obey the Lord. Manasseh caused them to turn away from God. The Israelites did more evil things than the people who lived in Canaan before them. The Lord had destroyed those nations so that the Israelites could live there.
• Ezra 9:1When we had done all these things, the Jewish leaders came to speak to me. They said, ‘Some of the Israelites have done disgusting things, like the people of other nations do. Some priests and Levites have done the same bad things. They live in the same way as the other people who live in this land, the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites. They have not kept themselves separate.
• Psalms 106:35Instead, they mixed with those nations and they learned their way of life.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 44As is the mother, so is her daughter - בתה כאמה keimmah bittah, "As the mother, her daughter." As is the cause, so is the effect. As is the breeding, so is the practice. A silken purse cannot be made out of a swine's ear. What is bred in the bone seldom comes out of the flesh. All such proverbs show the necessity of early holy precepts, supported by suitable example.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44The Jews prided themselves on being under the special protection of Yahweh. In the downfall of their neighbors, they found only additional grounds for confidence in their own security. Ezekiel now in severe rebuke places them on an equality with Sodom and Samaria. Alike have been their sins, except that Judah has had the preeminence in guilt. Alike shall be their punishment.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-45Jerusalem’s “parents” were a Hittite and an Amorite. Hittites and Amorites were previous occupants of Canaan who were cut off from the land because of their sins (compare Genesis 15:16). The pagan city of Jerusalem was captured and became part of Israel during David's time (2 Samuel 5:6–10). Jerusalem’s later actions matched her family background. She behaved in a way that fit her heredity (family line and ancestry). In other words, her conduct was…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4444. As ... mother ... her daughter--"Is," and "so is," are not in the original; the ellipsis gives the proverb (but two words in the Hebrew) epigrammatic brevity. Jerusalem proved herself a true daughter of the Hittite mother in sin (Eze 16:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:44

• Lasciviousness
• Parents
• Proverbs

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings