⁷Take such lifeless musical instruments as the flute or the harp—how will anyone know the tune that is being played unless the notes are sounded distinctly?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played?

NIVNew 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?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even lifeless instruments 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?

NLTNew Living Translation

Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Likewise, the inanimate things which produce a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the lyre?

KJV 1900King 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?

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