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Prophecy and Tongues

1 Corinthians 14:8

In 9 translations

BSB
Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
KJV
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
WEB
For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for war?
ASV
For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?
LSV
For also, if a trumpet may give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
YLT
for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?
DBY
For also, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for war?
DRC
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
GNV
And also if the trumpet giue an vncertaine sound, who shall prepare himselfe to battell?

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place σάλπιγξ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: φωνὴν σάλπιγξ. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read φωνὴν σάλπιγξ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σάλπιγξ φωνὴν.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἄδηλον φωνὴν σάλπιγξ δῷ, τίς παρασκευάσεται εἰς πόλεμον;
RP2018
Καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἄδηλον φωνὴν σάλπιγξ δῷ, τίς παρασκευάσεται εἰς πόλεμον;
TR-Boyd
Καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἄδηλον φωνὴν σάλπιγξ δῷ, τίς παρασκευάσεται εἰς πόλεμον;
SCR1894
και γαρ εαν αδηλον φωνην σαλπιγξ δω τις παρασκευασεται εις πολεμον

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 10:9When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
  • Ezekiel 33:3–6and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people. Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood…
  • Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  • Job 39:24–25Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds. At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains…
  • Isaiah 27:13And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
  • Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
  • Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
  • Nehemiah 4:18–21And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me. Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we…
  • Ephesians 6:11–18Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this…
  • Joshua 6:4–20Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you…
  • Judges 7:16–18And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch. “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the…

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