1 Corinthians 14:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?”
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“Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
King James Version · Public Domain“For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 14:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Joshua 6:4Have 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.
- Judges 7:16And 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.
- Nehemiah 4:18And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
- Job 39:24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 33:3and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
- 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—
- 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?
- Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
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