Verse 32

'They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep."'

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  De er lik barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre og sier: "Vi spilte for dere, men dere danset ikke; vi gråtet for dere, men dere gråtet ikke."

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: 'Vi har spilt for dere, og dere har ikke danset; vi har klaget over dere, og dere har ikke grått.'

• Norsk King James

  De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre og sier: Vi har spilt til dans for dere, og dere har ikke danset; vi har sørget for dere, og dere har ikke grått.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: Vi spilte fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke; vi sang klagesanger, men dere gråt ikke.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  De er like barn som sitter på torget, roper til hverandre og sier: Vi spilte på fløyte for dere, og dere danset ikke; vi sørget for dere, og dere gråt ikke.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  De ligner barna som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: 'Vi spilte fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke; vi sang klagesanger for dere, men dere gråt ikke.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: Vi spilte fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke. Vi klaget for dere, men dere gråt ikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De ligner barn som sitter i torget og roper til hverandre: 'Vi spilte for dere, og dere danset ikke; vi sørget for dere, og dere gråt ikke.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: 'Vi spilte på fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke. Vi sørget, men dere gråt ikke.'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: 'Vi spilte på fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke. Vi sørget, men dere gråt ikke.'

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: ‘Vi spilte fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke. Vi sang klagesanger, men dere gråt ikke.’

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: ‘Vi spilte fløyte for dere, men dere danset ikke; vi sørget, men dere gråt ikke.’

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De ere de smaae Børn lige, som sidde paa Torvet, og raabe til hverandre og sige: Vi pebe for eder, og I vilde ikke dandse, vi sang klageligen for eder, og I vilde ikke græde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget, roper til hverandre og sier: Vi har spilt fløyte for dere, og dere har ikke danset; vi har klaget til dere, og dere har ikke grått.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to one another, and saying, We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: 'Vi spilte for dere, og dere danset ikke. Vi klaget for dere, og dere gråt ikke.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: Vi spilte fløyte for dere, og dere danset ikke; vi klaget for dere, og dere gråt ikke!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: Vi spilte for dere, og dere danset ikke; vi klaget, og dere gråt ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De er som barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre: Vi spilte musikk for dere, men dere danset ikke; vi klaget og gråt, men dere sørget ikke.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  They are lyke vnto chyldre sittynge in ye market place and cryinge one to another and sayinge: We have pyped vnto you and ye hahave not daunsed: we have mourned to you and ye have not wept.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They are like vnto childre which syt in the market, and crye one to another, and saye: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, & ye haue not wepte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They are like vnto litle children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They are lyke vnto chyldren, sittyng in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: We haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:16-19 : 16 To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions: 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ 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, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.
• Prov 17:16 : 16 Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?
• Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast? 10 For it is: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there. 11 Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people. 12 To whom He said, 'This is the place of rest—give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose’—but they would not listen. 13 So the word of the LORD to them will be: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there—so that they may go and fall backward, be broken, snared, and captured.
• Isa 29:11-12 : 11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.' 12 Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'
• Jer 5:3-5 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent. 4 Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.' 5 So I will go to the great leaders and speak to them, for they should know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But they too, as one, have broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.
• Zech 8:5 : 5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.