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I Corinthians 14:Verse 9

KJV
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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.

1 Corinthians 9:261 Corinthians 9:26
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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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

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.

American King James Version
AKJV

So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you shall speak into the air.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not givehow shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

Darby Translation
Darby

Thus also ye with the tongue, unless ye give a distinct speech, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking to the air.

Webster Bible
Webster

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will speak into the air.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

So likewise you, by the tongue, except yee vtter wordes that haue signification, howe shall it be vnderstand what is spoken? for ye shall speake in the ayre.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

So, also, ye, through means of the tongue, except ye give intelligible discourse, how shall it be known what is being spoken? for ye will be speaking, to the air.

Literal Translation
LITV

So also you, if you do not give a clear word through the language, how will it be known what is being said? For you will be speaking into air.

Modern King James
MKJV

So also you, if you do not give a clear word through the language, how will it be known what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

Updated King James
UKJV

So likewise all of you, except all of you utter by the tongue words (o. logos) easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for all of you shall speak into the air.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

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.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

So but ye yyuen an opyn word bi tunge, hou schal that that is seid be knowun? For ye schulen be spekynge in veyn.

Noyes Translation (1869)
Noyes

So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall that be known which is spoken? For ye will be speaking into the air.

Anderson New Testament
Anderson

So, also, unless you, with the tongue, utter words that are intelligible, how shall that which is spoken be known? for you will speak into the air.

Twentieth Century NT
TCNT

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!

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