^18:22whenever a prophet speaks in my³⁰ name and the prediction³¹ is not fulfilled,³² then I have³³ not spoken it;³⁴ the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

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Footnotes

30 Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. .
31 Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. “his oracle.”
32 Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”
33 Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. .
34 Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

NLTNew Living Translation

If the prophet speaks in the Lord’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the Lord did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whenever what the prophet spoke in the name of Yahweh, the thing does not take place and does not come about, that is the thing that Yahweh has not spoken it. Presumptuously the prophet spoke it; you shall not fear him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

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