Deuteronomy 18:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a word that the Lord has not spoken?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And if you say in your [minds and] hearts, How shall we know which words the Lord has not spoken?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?

Common English Bible

²¹ Now, you might be wondering, How will we know which word God hasn’t spoken?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But if, in silent thought, you respond: "How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?

Deuteronomy 18:21 Cross References

Jeremiah 28:9

As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Deuteronomy 18:20

But any prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’

Deuteronomy 18:22

If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.

Revelation 2:2

“I know your works, your toil and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them to be false.

1 Samuel 3:20

And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.