1 Corinthians 14:8

If the bugle--to take another example--gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Even inanimate things--flutes or harps, for instance--when yielding a sound, if they make no distinction in the notes, how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known?

9And so with you; if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the winds.

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:11Put on the complete armour of God, so as to be able to stand firm against all the stratagems of the Devil.

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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