I Corinthians 14:7
“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 (KJV)
🌐 I Corinthians 14:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Even with inanimate things, such as a flute or a harp, though they produce sounds, yet unless the notes are quite distinct, how can the tune played on the flute or the harp be recognized?
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Doch auch die leblosen Dinge, die einen Ton von sich geben, es sei Pfeife oder Harfe, wenn sie den Tönen keinen Unterschied geben, wie wird man erkennen, was gepfiffen oder geharft wird?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Ciertamente las cosas inanimadas que hacen sonidos, como la flauta ó la vihuela, si no dieren distinción de voces, ¿cómo se sabrá lo que se tañe con la flauta, ó con la vihuela?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E até as coisas inanimadas, que produzem som, seja flauta, seja harpa, se não derem distinção de sons, como saberá o que se toca com a flauta, ou com a harpa?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Se instrumentos sem vida que produzem sons, como a flauta ou a harpa, não produzem diferentes tons, como alguém saberá qual melodia a harpa ou a flauta estão tocando?
📖 I Corinthians 14:7 in Context
5I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7And 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?
8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
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