1 Corinthians 14:8

And if the trumpet shall give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For even inanimate things that emit sound, whether pipe or harp, if they make no distinction between one sound and another, how will it be known, what is sung or what is harped?

9So likewise if ye utter a discourse in a tongue, and there is no interpretation given, how will it be known what ye have said? Ye will have been as if ye spoke into the air.

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:11And put ye on; the whole armor of God, so that ye 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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