1 Corinthians 14:11
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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.If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
In other translations
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.If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
Greek words
ἐὰνeanIfG1437οὖνounthereforeG3767μὴmēnotG3361εἰδῶeidōI shall knowG6063τὴνtēntheG3588δύναμινdunaminpowerG1411τῆςtēsof theG3588φωνῆς,phōnēssound,G5456ἔσομαιesomaiI will beG1510τῷtōto the [one]G3588λαλοῦντιlalountispeakingG2980βάρβαροςbarbarosa foreignerG915καὶkaiandG2532ὁhothe [one]G3588λαλῶνlalōnspeakingG2980ἐνentoG1722ἐμοὶemoime myselfG1473βάρβαρος·barbarosa foreigner;G915
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Related verses
- Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
- Colossians 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
- Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
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