1 Corinthians 14:7 - English Standard Version 2016

⁷ If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played?

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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 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Matthew 11:17

“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 14:6

Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

1 Corinthians 14:8

And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

1 Samuel 10:5

After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.