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

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/כִ֥י תֹאמַ֖ר בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ אֵיכָה֙ נֵדַ֣ע אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא דִבְּר֖/וֹ יְהוָֽה

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Peut-être diras-tu dans ton coeur: Comment connaîtrons-nous la parole que l'Eternel n'aura point dite?

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    fact that the devil sometimes utters what is false, the Holy Ghost never." Wherefore it is written ( Dt. 18:21,22 ): "If in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath spoken? Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 209 (Migne)

    t locutus; [Col. 0442B] sed per tumorem animi sui propheta confinxerit, et idcirco non timebis eum (Deut. XVIII, 15-22) .» XI. Quam igitur occasionem suum perdendi Messiam in his omnibus invenerunt? Quippe qui nec deos sequi hortabatur alienos, «nec inventus est dolus in ore e…

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