Matthew 11:17

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

λέγουσιν· ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε.
Greek NT

dicunt : Cecinimus vobis, et non saltastis : lamentavimus, et non planxistis.
Vulgate

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

Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
Douay-Rheims

In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐλέω

auleo

verb · 3×

θρηνέω

threneo

verb · 4×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

κόπτω

kopto

verb · 8×

λέγω

lego

verb · 2256×

οὐ

particle · 1626×

ὀρχέομαι

orcheomai

verb · 4×

ὑμεῖς

umeis

pronoun · 1828×

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor

SBLGNT: λέγουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγουσιν | RP: καὶ λέγουσιν

source: sblgnt-apparatus

notable

SBLGNT: ἐθρηνήσαμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐθρηνήσαμεν | RP: + ὑμῖν

source: sblgnt-apparatus

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isa 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isa 30:29 — Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Jer 9:17 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: