Matthew 11:17

In 9 translations

BSB

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

KJV

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

WEB

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’

ASV

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

LSV

and saying, We piped to you, and you did not dance, we lamented to you, and you did not strike the breast.

YLT

and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

DBY

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

DRC

Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

GNV

And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

λέγουσιν· Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε·

RP2018

καὶ λέγουσιν, Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε.

TR-Boyd

καὶ λέγουσιν, Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε.

SCR1894

και λεγουσιν ηυλησαμεν υμιν και ουκ ωρχησασθε εθρηνησαμεν υμιν και ουκ εκοψασθε

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• Isaiah 28:9–13Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast? For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a…
• Isaiah 30:29You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
• Jeremiah 9:17–20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our…
• Matthew 9:15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
• Luke 15:25Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
• Matthew 9:23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
• 1 Corinthians 9:19–23Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though…
• 1 Kings 1:40All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

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