Matthew 11:17
World English Bible (WEB)
and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
In context
15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
17 and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
Matthew 11:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
- KJV King James Version
- And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.
- DBY Darby Translation
- say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned to you, and ye have not lamented.