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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. |
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not weep.’ |
“They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another; and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ |
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They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other; ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’ |
They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep. |
They are those who resemble little children sitting in a market place and calling to one another, who say, We played the flute for you and you did not dance. We lamented and you did not weep. |
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They are like children sitting in the market-place and calling out to each other, ‘We played at weddings for you, but you wouldn’t dance, and we played at funerals for you, and you wouldn’t cry!” |
They are like little children sitting in the market-place and calling to their fellows in the game: ‘We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance; we sang the funeral dirge, but you did not mourn.’ |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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