Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Holman Bible
You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’
International Standard Version
Now you may ask yourselves, "How will we be able to discern that the LORD has not spoken?'
A Conservative Version
And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which LORD has not spoken?
American Standard Version
And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?
Amplified
If you say in your heart, ‘How will we know and recognize the word which the Lord has not spoken?’
Bible in Basic English
And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?
Darby Translation
And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?
Julia Smith Translation
And when thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah spake not?
King James 2000
And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if you say {to yourself}, 'How can we know the word that Yahweh has not spoken to him?'
Modern King James verseion
And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah has not spoken?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if thou say in thine heart, 'How shall I know that which the LORD hath not spoken?'
NET Bible
Now if you say to yourselves, 'How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?' --
New Heart English Bible
If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?"
The Emphasized Bible
And, when thou shalt say in thy heart, - In what manner shall we know the word which Yahweh hath not spoken!?,
Webster
And if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
World English Bible
If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?"
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 18:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A New Prophet Like Moses
20 Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name -- that which I have not commanded him to speak -- and who speaketh in the name of other gods -- even that prophet hath died. 21 And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? -- 22 that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it is the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him.
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Names
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:24
stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do it.
1 John 4:1-3
Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;
Revelation 2:2
I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,