Deuteronomy 18:21 - Revised Standard Version CI

²¹ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word which 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?"

Deuteronomy 18:21 Cross References

Jeremiah 28:9

As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, 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 the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’

Deuteronomy 18:22

when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you need not be afraid of him.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

Revelation 2:2

“ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false;

1 Samuel 3:20

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