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Matthew 11:17

17   ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;

we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

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Matthew 11:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 “ ‘We played the pipe for you,

and you did not dance;

we sang a dirge,

and you did not mourn.’

Matthew 11:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Matthew 11:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 We played wedding songs,

and you didn’t dance,

so we played funeral songs,

and you didn’t mourn.’

Matthew 11:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 and saying:

We played the flute for you,

And you did not dance;

We mourned to you,

And you did not lament.’

Matthew 11:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 We played music for you, but you did not dance;

we sang a sad song, but you did not cry.’

Matthew 11:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Matthew 11:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Matthew 11:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 ‘We played music for you, 

but you didn’t dance. 

We sang a funeral song, 

but you didn’t show any sadness.’ 

Matthew 11:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 We played the flute for you,

but you didn’t dance;

we sang a lament,

but you didn’t mourn!

Matthew 11:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;

we wailed, and you did not mourn.’

Matthew 11:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 saying,

‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance;

we sang a lament and you did not mourn.’

Matthew 11:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 “ ‘We played the flute for you.

But you didn’t dance.

We sang a funeral song.

But you didn’t become sad.’

Matthew 11:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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