1 Corinthians 14:9

1 Corinthians chapter 14 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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 · 1901

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.

v.8For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?

v.9This passage

v.10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: