1 Corinthians 14:10 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 14:10

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

KJV

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ASV

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification.

WEB

Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

YLT

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,

DBT

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of undistinguishable sound.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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He advises that worship should be celebrated so that the most ignorant might understand, and join in prayer and praise, and presses the advice by his own example,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For that is no language, nor can it answer the end of speaking, which has no meaning. But whatever proper signification the words of any language may have in themselves, and to those who understand them, they are perfect gibberish to men of another language, who understand them not. In this case, speaker and hearers are barbarians to each other (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

it may be--that is, perhaps, speaking by conjecture. "It may chance" (1Co 15:37). so many--as may be enumerated by investigators of such matters. Compare "so much," used generally for a definite number left undefined (Ac 5:8; also 2Sa 12:8). kinds of voices--kinds of articulate speech. without signification--without articulate voice (that is, distinct meaning).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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