Deuteronomy 18:21

'And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? —

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

In Context

20'Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name — that which I have not commanded him to speak — and who speaketh in the name of other gods — even that prophet hath died.

22that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not — it [is] the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; — thou art not afraid of him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:20and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.

Zechariah 2:13Hush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'

1 John 4:1Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:16-22

The Great Prophet; False Prophets. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet… Read the whole commentary →

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