Matthew 11:17 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

'We played music for you, but you didn't dance. We sang a funeral song, but you didn't show any sadness.'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

"'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.'

WBS:

And saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned to 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.'

YLT:

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

Matthew 11:17 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 11:16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

Matthew 11:18 "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

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.

MHC:

11:16-24 Christ reflects on the scribes and Pharisees, who had a proud conceit of themselves. He likens their behaviour to children's play, who being out of temper without reason, quarrel with all the attempts of their fellows to please them, or to get them to join in the plays for which they used to assemble. The cavils of worldly men are often very trifling and show great malice. Something they have to urge against every one, however excellent and holy. Christ, who was undefiled, and separate from sinners, is here represented as in league with them, and polluted by them. The most unspotted innocence will not always be a defence against reproach. Christ knew that the hearts of the Jews were more bitter and hardened against his miracles and doctrines, than those of Tyre and Sidon would have been; therefore their condemnation would be the greater. The Lord exercises his almighty power, yet he punishes none more than they deserve, and never withholds the knowledge of the truth from those who long after it.

CONC:

Beaten Breast Breasts Cries Dance Danced Didn't Dirge Dirges Flute Grief Lament Lamented Mourn Mourned Music Piped Played Sang Saying Signs Smite Sorrow Sung Wailed

Beaten Breast Breasts Cries Dance Danced Dirge Dirges Flute Grief Lament Mourn Mourned Music Part Piped Played Sang Signs Smite Sorrow Sung Wailed

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