1 Corinthians 14:9 - The Scriptures 2009

So also you, if you do not give speech by the tongue that is clear, how shall it be known what is spoken? For you shall be speaking into the air.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Just so it is with you; if you in the [unknown] tongue speak words that are not intelligible, how will anyone understand what you are saying? For you will be talking into empty space!

American Standard Version (1901)

So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.

Common English Bible

It’s the same way with you: If you don’t use language that is easy to understand when you speak in a tongue, then how will anyone understand what is said?

Catholic Public Domain Version

So it is with you also, for unless you utter with the tongue in plain speech, how will it be known what is said? For then you would be speaking into the air.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said? For you shall be speaking into the air.

1 Corinthians 14:9 Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:10

There are, undoubtedly, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without distinct sound.

1 Corinthians 9:26

Therefore I run accordingly, not with uncertainty. Thus I fight, not as one who beats the air.