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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:7 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? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:7 Yet even lifeless things, whether flute or harp, when producing a sound, if they do not produce distinct [musical] tones, how will anyone [listening] know what is piped or played? |
Subject: Intelligible Sounds |
Bible Note: "He [the Apostle Paul] brings forward similitudes [an analogy], first from musical instruments, and then afterwards from the nature of things generally, there being no voice that has not some peculiarity, suitable for distinction. (C'est a dire, pour signifier quelque chose.) 'Even things without life,' says he, 'instruct us.' There are, it is true, many random sounds or crashes, without any modulation (sans mesure ou distinction), but Paul speaks here of voices in which there is something of art, as though he had said -- 'A man cannot give life to a harp or flute, but he makes it give forth a sound that is regulated in such a manner, that it can be distinguished. How absurd then it is, that even men, endowed with intelligence, should utter a confused, indistinguishable sound!'" --John Calvin (1509-1564) from his Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthian Church |
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