If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.
1 Corinthians 14:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification. More versionsKing 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. |
If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.
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.