1 Corinthians 14:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ So also with you with your tongue—unless you utter speech that is intelligible, how will what is spoken be understood? For you will be talking to the wind!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ 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.

1 Corinthians 14:9 Tagairtí Cros

1 Corinthians 14:10

It may be that there are many kinds of languages in the world—and none without meaning.

1 Corinthians 9:26

So I run in this way—not aimlessly. So I box in this way—not beating the air.