1 Corinthians 14:8
1 Corinthians chapter 14 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?
KJV
King James Version · 1611For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?
Context
v.7Even 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?
v.8This passage
v.9So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 3:6
Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
- Ezekiel 33:3
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
- Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Nehemiah 4:18
and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Numbers 10:9
And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.