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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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBehold, 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!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)