1 Corinthians 14:10

10 There are probably so many kinds of languages in the world, and none without meaning.

1 Corinthians 14:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:10

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices
(anvl) , "tongues", or "languages", as the Syriac version renders it; that is, as many as there are nations in the world; there may be seventy of them, as the Jews say there were at the confusion of languages at Babel; there may be more or less:

and none of them is without signification:
every language, and every word in a language, has a meaning in it, an idea annexed to it, which it conveys to him that understands it, and that cannot be done without a voice ordinarily speaking.

1 Corinthians 14:10 In-Context

8 For indeed, if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle?

9 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.

10 There are probably so many kinds of languages in the world, and none without meaning.

11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a barbarian to the one who is speaking, and the one who is speaking [will be] a barbarian in my [judgment].

12 In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.