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1 Corinthians 14:11

Therefore 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.

KJV

ἐὰν οὖν μὴ εἰδῶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς φωνῆς, ἔσομαι τῷ λαλοῦντι βάρβαρος καὶ ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ βάρβαρος.

Greek NT

Si ergo nesciero virtutem vocis, ero ei, cui loquor, barbarus : et qui loquitur, mihi barbarus.

Vulgate

If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.

ASV

If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βάρβαρος
barbaros
adjective · 6×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 28:2 — And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
  • Acts 28:2 — And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
  • Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.