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. {doctrine: Heb. the hearing?}

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. {mighty...: Heb. Rock}

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:

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. {tabrets: or, timbrels}

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. {pipes: or, flutes}

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

For though I be free from all {men}, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. {their...: or, leviathan}

{If} a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, {there is} no rest.

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? {sounds: or, tunes}