1 Corinthians 14:10

10 Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

1 Corinthians 14:10 in Other Translations

10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.

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

10 There are many different languages in the world, and every language has meaning.

10 There are many languages in the world and they all mean something to someone.

10 There are doubtless many different kinds of languages in the world, and all have 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 Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

10 Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

11 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.

12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.