Matthew 11:17
“And saying, we haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.”
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Matthew 11:17 Context
15Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 16¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the markets, and calling vnto their fellowes, 17And saying, we haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented. 18For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a deuill. 19The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine bibber, a friend of publicanes and sinners: but wisedom is iustified of her children.
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Other Translations for Matthew 11:17
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
- King James Version
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
- American Standard Version (1901)
We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.
- Basic English Bible
say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.
- Darby Bible
And saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned to you, and ye have not lamented.
- Webster's Bible
`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'
- Weymouth Bible
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
- World English Bible
and seien, We han songun to you, and ye han not daunsid; we han morned to you, and ye han not weilid.
- Wycliffe Bible
and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 11:17
Mt 11:17 We have piped unto you . . . we have mourned unto you. One set of children is represented as having invited another set to play, first in a mock wedding, then in a mock funeral, but the dissatisfied children were pleased with neither, and would neither dance nor lament.