他们看你如善于奏乐、声音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他们听你的话却不去行。

看哪，他们看你如同一个唱情歌的人，声音优雅、善于奏乐；他们听了你的话，却不实行。

看哪，他们看你如同一个唱情歌的人，声音优雅、善于奏乐；他们听了你的话，却不实行。

他们只听不做，你在他们眼中只不过是善唱情歌、长于弹奏乐器的人。

在他们眼中，你不过是首情歌，唱得美妙，弹得悦耳，他们听了你的话，却不去行。

他們看你如善於奏樂、聲音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他們聽你的話卻不去行。

看哪，他們看你如同一個唱情歌的人，聲音優雅、善於奏樂；他們聽了你的話，卻不實行。

看哪，他們看你如同一個唱情歌的人，聲音優雅、善於奏樂；他們聽了你的話，卻不實行。

他們只聽不做，你在他們眼中只不過是善唱情歌、長於彈奏樂器的人。

在他們眼中，你不過是首情歌，唱得美妙，彈得悅耳，他們聽了你的話，卻不去行。

看哪，他們以你為善於作樂、出美麗聲音唱愛情歌之人呢！但他們聽你的話，卻不去行。

彼之視爾、若善謳者歌其情詞、若善樂者操其妙音、彼聽爾言、而不行之、

彼聞爾言、若聞善謳者、發其清歌善樂者、操其妙音、彼聽爾言、而弗遵行、

彼視爾言、若善樂有妙聲者所謳之美歌、彼聽爾言而不遵行、

Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.

You are nothing more to them than someone who sings love songs. They say you have a beautiful voice. They think you play an instrument well. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice.

And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don’t act on it!

Yes, to them you are like a singer of passionate songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

And behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.

Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

And, lo, thou[ art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him. (niv)

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. (niv)

Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. (niv)