but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
1 Corinthians 14:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning; Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There are, I suppose, all these many [to us unknown] tongues in the world [somewhere], and none is destitute of [its own power of] expression and meaning. American Standard Version (1901) There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification. Common English Bible It will be as if you are speaking into the air! There are probably many language families in the world, and none of them are without meaning. Catholic Public Domain Version Consider that there are so many different kinds of languages in this world, and yet none is without a voice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice. |
but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.