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Deuteronomy 18:21

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And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?

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Deuteronomy 18:21 in other translations

You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”

Deuteronomy 18:21 · World English Bible

Deuteronomy 18:21 in context

  1. 19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
  2. 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.
  3. 21And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?
  4. 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.