New International Version (©2011) Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes?New Living Translation (©2007) Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody. English Standard Version (©2001) If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? New American Standard Bible (©1995) Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009) Even inanimate things that produce sounds--whether flute or harp--if they don't make a distinction in the notes, how will what is played on the flute or harp be recognized? International Standard Version (©2012) In the same way, lifeless instruments like the flute or harp produce sounds. But if there's no difference in the notes, how can a person tell what tune is being played? NET Bible (©2006) It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood? Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010) For even inanimate things which give sound, whether a flute or harp, if they make no distinction between one tone and another, how will anything that is played or anything that is harped be known? GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) Musical instruments like the flute or harp produce sounds. If there is no difference in the notes, how can a person tell what tune is being played? King James 2000 Bible (©2003) And even things without life which give sound, whether flute or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is played? American King James Version And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? American Standard Version Even 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? Douay-Rheims Bible Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ? Darby Bible Translation Even lifeless things giving a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not distinction to the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? English Revised Version Even 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? Webster's Bible Translation And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? Weymouth New Testament Even inanimate things--flutes or harps, for instance--when yielding a sound, if they make no distinction in the notes, how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known? World English Bible Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped? Young's Literal Translation yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped? |