1 Corinthians 14:8

Amos 3:6; Ephesians 6:11-18; Isaiah 27:13; Job 39:24; Job 39:25; Joshua 6:4-20; Judges 7:16-18; Nehemiah 4:18-21; Numbers 10:9

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For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
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Who will prepare himself for the battle — Unless he understand what the trumpet sounds? suppose a retreat or a march.

⁸ For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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