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1 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.

KJV

οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς διὰ τῆς γλώσσης ἐὰν μὴ εὔσημον λόγον δῶτε, πῶς γνωσθήσεται τὸ λαλούμενον; ἔσεσθε γὰρ εἰς ἀέρα λαλοῦντες.

Greek NT

Ita et vos per linguam nisi manifestum sermonem dederitis : quomodo scietur id quod dicitur ? eritis enim in aëra loquentes.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
γλῶσσα
glossa
noun · 50×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὔσημος
eusemos
adjective · 1×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
ἀήρ
aer
noun · 7×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:26 — I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • 1Cor 14:2 — For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.