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Matthew 11:17
| 2 | Lit. beat your breast |
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 — English Standard Version (ESV)
17 “ ‘We played the flute 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 — 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 1901)
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 (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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