Deuteronomy 18:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You may sayתֹאמַ֖ר
(to·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
in your heart,בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ
(bil·va·ve·cha;)
3824: inner man, mind, will, heartfrom an unused word
'How 
 
351a: in what manner? how? where?from ek and koh
will we knowנֵדַ֣ע
(ne·da)
3045: to knowa prim. root
the wordהַדָּבָ֔ר
(had·da·var,)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
the LORDיְהוָֽה׃
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
has not spoken?'דִבְּרֹ֖ו
(dib·be·rov)
1696: to speaka prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And if thou say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
in thine heart
lebab  (lay-bawb')
the heart (as the most interior organ)
How shall we know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
the word
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
which the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
hath not spoken
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?'

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You may say to yourself, 'How can we recognize a message the LORD has not spoken?'

International Standard Version
Now you may ask yourselves, 'How will we be able to discern that the LORD has not spoken?'

NET Bible
Now if you say to yourselves, 'How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?'--

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You may be wondering, "How can we recognize that the LORD didn't speak this message?"

King James 2000 Bible
And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?
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