‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
1 Corinthians 14:7 - Revised Standard Version If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will any one know what is played? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If even inanimate musical instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone [listening] know or understand what is played? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible Likewise, things that aren’t alive like a harp or a lyre can make a sound, but if there aren’t different notes in the sounds they make, how will the tune from the harp or the lyre be recognized? Catholic Public Domain Version Even those things that are without a soul can make sounds, whether it is a wind or a stringed instrument. But unless they present a distinction within the sounds, how will it be known which is from the pipe and which is from the string? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? |
‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.’
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?
After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines; and there, as you come to the city, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.