1 Corinthians 14:9
ContextNET © | It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. |
NIV © | 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. |
NASB © | So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. |
NLT © | And it’s the same for you. If you talk to people in a language they don’t understand, how will they know what you mean? You might as well be talking to an empty room. |
MSG © | So if you speak in a way no one can understand, what's the point of opening your mouth? |
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. |
NRSV © | So with yourselves; if in a tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. |
NKJV © | So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. |
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NET © | It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. |
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