I Corinthians 14:9
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Corinthians 14:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
And so with you; unless, in using the gift of ‘tongues,’ you utter intelligible words, how can what you say be understood? You will be speaking to the winds!
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Also auch ihr, wenn ihr durch die Sprache nicht eine verständliche Rede gebet, wie wird man wissen, was geredet wird? Denn ihr werdet in den Wind reden.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Así también vosotros, si por la lengua no diereis palabra bien significante, ¿cómo se entenderá lo que se dice? porque hablaréis al aire.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Assim mesmo também vós, se com a língua não derdes palavra compreensível, como se entenderá o que se diz? Porque estareis falando para o ar.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Assim é convosco: se pronunciardes discurso que é ininteligível, como alguém entenderá o que dizeis? Vós falareis, e ninguém vos entenderá.
📖 I Corinthians 14:9 in Context
7And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9So 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.
10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11Therefore 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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