Verse 32

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.

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.’

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  '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."'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Luke.7.32", "source": "Ὅμοιοί εἰσιν παιδίοις τοῖς ἐν ἀγορᾷ καθημένοις, καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις, καὶ λέγουσιν, Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἐκλαύσατε.", "text": "*Homoioi* *eisin* *paidiois* those in *agora* *kathēmenois*, and *prosphōnousin* *allēlois*, and *legousin*, We-*ēulēsamen* to-you, and not you-*ōrchēsasthe*; we-*ethrēnēsamen* to-you, and not you-*eklausate*.", "grammar": { "*homoioi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - like/similar", "*eisin*": "present indicative, 3rd plural - they are", "*paidiois*": "dative, neuter, plural - little children", "*agora*": "dative, feminine, singular - marketplace", "*kathēmenois*": "present middle participle, dative, neuter, plural - sitting", "*prosphōnousin*": "present indicative, 3rd plural - call out to", "*allēlois*": "dative, masculine, plural, reciprocal pronoun - to one another", "*legousin*": "present indicative, 3rd plural - they say/speak", "*ēulēsamen*": "aorist indicative, 1st plural - we played the flute", "*ōrchēsasthe*": "aorist indicative middle, 2nd plural - you danced", "*ethrēnēsamen*": "aorist indicative, 1st plural - we lamented/mourned", "*eklausate*": "aorist indicative, 2nd plural - you wept" }, "variants": { "*paidiois*": "children/little ones", "*agora*": "marketplace/public square", "*kathēmenois*": "sitting/seated", "*prosphōnousin*": "calling out to/addressing", "*ēulēsamen*": "we played the flute/we played music", "*ōrchēsasthe*": "you danced", "*ethrēnēsamen*": "we mourned/we sang dirges/we lamented", "*eklausate*": "you wept/you cried" } }

• 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.

• 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 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, 17 And saying, We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned for you, and you have not lamented. 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 glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
• Prov 17:16 : 16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?
• Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
• Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed. 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.
• Jer 5:3-5 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
• Zech 8:5 : 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.