1 Corinthians 14:9-11
New English Translation
9 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. 10 There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning. 11 If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
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1 Corinthians 14:9-11
New King James Version
9 So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without [a]significance. 11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a [b]foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:10 meaning
- 1 Corinthians 14:11 Lit. barbarian
1 Corinthians 14:9-11
King James Version
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
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1 Corinthians 14:9-11
English Standard Version
9 So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be (A)speaking into the air. 10 There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, 11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be (B)a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
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