Deuteronomy 18:21
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?In other versions
And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?
ASV
And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?
BBE
And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?
DBY
If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?
WEB
`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --
YLT
And if you say in yours heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?
ENG
And if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
WBT
You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
BSB
In context
19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
22When 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.