1 Corinthians 14:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?”
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“Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“yet the things without life giving sound--whether pipe or harp--if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 14:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 10:2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
- Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- Luke 7:32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
- 1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
- 1 Corinthians 14:8Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
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