1 Corinthians 14:8

And if the trumpet call a voice which is not distinguished, who will prepare for the battle?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

In Context

7For those also which have no life in them, and give voice, whether pipe or harp, if distinction be not made between a tone and its fellow, how can it be known what is sung, or what is played?

9So you also, if you speak the word in a tongue, and there be no interpretation, how will it be known what you say? Will you not be as if speaking with the air?

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:11And clothe you in all the armour of Aloha, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the accuser.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:7-15

On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Now, 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? 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? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words… Read the whole commentary →

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