who, calling out to their companions, say: 'We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.'
1 Corinthians 14:7 - 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? 更多版本King 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? 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? English Standard Version 2016 If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? |
who, calling out to their companions, say: 'We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.'
They are like children sitting in the marketplace, talking with one another, and saying: 'We sang to you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not weep.'
If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal.
But now, brothers, if I were to come to you speaking in tongues, how would it benefit you, unless instead I speak to you in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?
For example, if the trumpet made an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for battle?
After these things, you shall arrive at the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is. And when you will have entered the city there, you will meet a company of prophets, descending from the high place, with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp before them, and they will be prophesying.