Matthew 11:16

NETBible

“To 1  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, 2 

NIV ©

"To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the market-places and calling out to others:

NASB ©

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

NLT ©

"How shall I describe this generation? These people are like a group of children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,

MSG ©

"How can I account for this generation? The people have been like spoiled children whining to their parents,

BBE ©

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

NRSV ©

"But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,

NKJV ©

"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,

KJV
But
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whereunto
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shall I liken
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this
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generation
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It is
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like
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unto children
<3808>
sitting
<2521> (5740)
in
<1722>
the markets
<58>_,
and
<2532>
calling
<4377> (5723)
unto their
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fellows
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NASB ©
"But to what
<5101>
shall I compare
<3666>
this
<3778>
generation
<1074>
? It is like
<3664>
children
<3813>
sitting
<2521>
in the market
<58>
places
<58>
, who
<3739>
call
<4377>
out to the other
<2087>

children,
NET [draft] ITL
“To what
<5101>
should I compare
<3666>
this
<3778>
generation
<1074>
? They are
<1510>
like
<3664>
children
<3813>
sitting
<2521>
in
<1722>
the marketplaces
<58>
who
<3739>
call out
<4377>
to one another
<2087>
,
GREEK
tini
<5101>
I-DSN
de
<1161>
CONJ
omoiwsw
<3666> (5692)
V-FAI-1S
thn
<3588>
T-ASF
genean
<1074>
N-ASF
tauthn
<3778>
D-ASF
omoia
<3664>
A-NPN
estin
<1510> (5748)
V-PXI-3S
paidioiv
<3813>
N-DPN
kayhmenoiv
<2521> (5740)
V-PNP-DPM
en
<1722>
PREP
taiv
<3588>
T-DPF
agoraiv
<58>
N-DPF
a
<3739>
R-NPN
prosfwnounta
<4377> (5723)
V-PAP-NPN
toiv
<3588>
T-DPN
eteroiv
<2087>
A-DPN
NETBible

“To 1  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

2 tn Grk “who call out to one another, saying.” The participle λέγουσιν (legousin) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.