1st Corinthians Chapter 14 verse 11 Holy Bible
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.
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But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me.
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If therefore I do not know the power of the sound, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks a barbarian for me.
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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.
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If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.
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if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - A barbarian; in other words, unintelligible, according to the definition of the word by Ovid — "Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli." Unto me; rather, in my eyes.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice.--Language is useless unless we know what meaning is attached to each word uttered. The hearer is a foreigner (or barbarian), then, in the estimation of the speaker, and the speaker a foreigner in the estimation of the hearer. Thus the truth that sounds of tongues are useless unless they convey definite ideas to the hearers, is illustrated (1) by different instruments of music, (2) by different sounds of an instrument, (3) by different words and languages of living men--in all of which cases the conveyance of distinct ideas is the sign and test of their utility.
