Deuteronomy 18:21
Deuteronomy chapter 18 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?
Context
v.20But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
v.21This passage
v.22when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.
- 1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
- Revelation 2:2
I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;