KJVBehold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!
Ezekiel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
The allegory which runs through this chapter is by no means an unusual one in the Prophets. The beginning of Ezekiel 16:3 has occasioned some variety of remark. OEcolampadius takes mkvrh, mekoreh, meaning "birth," "origin," for mgvrh, megoreh, meaning "dwelling;" as Calvin translates it habitationes. Houbigant derives it from krh,…