1 Corinthians 14:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ Even lifeless instruments that produce sounds #– #whether flute or harp   #– #if they don’t make a distinction in the notes, how will what is played on the flute or harp be recognised?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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?

1 Corinthians 14:7 Cross References

Matthew 11:17

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other: We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t weep!

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak human or angelic tongues  but do not have love,  I am a noisy gong  or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 14:6

So now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation  or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

1 Corinthians 14:8

In fact, if the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle?

1 Samuel 10:5

‘After that you will come to Gibeah of God  where there are Philistine garrisons.  When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets  coming down from the high place prophesying.  They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.