When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.
Matthew 11:17 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘ “We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud. American Standard Version (1901) and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn. Common English Bible ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn’t mourn.’ Catholic Public Domain Version who, calling out to their companions, say: 'We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned. |
When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.
And all the people went up after him, playing pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.
And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out to dance with the joyful.
‘To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the market-places and calling out to others:
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon.”
Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and the people playing pipes,
‘Meanwhile, the elder son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
They are like children sitting in the market-place and calling out to each other: ‘ “We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.”
Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. ‘Stop wailing,’ Jesus said. ‘She is not dead but asleep.’