1 Corinthians 14:10

10 There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is 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 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

9 So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.

10 There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning;

11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

12 So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.