1 Corinthians 14:11 — Compare Translations

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But if I do not know the force and significance of the speech (language), I shall seem to be a foreigner to the one who speaks [to me], and the speaker who addresses [me] will seem a foreigner to me.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But if I do not know the force and significance of the speech (language), I shall seem to be a foreigner to the one who speaks [to me], and the speaker who addresses [me] will seem a foreigner to me.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

Perhaps somebody may speak to me in a language that I do not understand. Then we are like foreign people to each other.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But if I don't understand the meaning of what someone is saying, it will just be strange sounds to me, and I will sound just as strange to them.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But if I do not know the language being spoken, those who use it will be foreigners to me and I will be a foreigner to them.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If I don't know what a language means, I will be a foreigner to the person who speaks it and that person will be a foreigner to me.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the speech, I shall be a barbarian to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a barbarian to me.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

but if I do not know the meaning of a language, I shall be a foreigner to one who speaks it, and one who speaks it a foreigner to me.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But if I don't understand what someone is saying, I am a stranger to that person. And that person is a stranger to me.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.

English NLT

but to me they mean nothing. I will not understand people who speak those languages, and they will not understand me.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If then I do not know the meaning of a sound, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But I am like a foreigner if I don’t understand the language, and the speaker will be like a foreigner to me.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

but to me they mean nothing. A person talking to me in one of these languages will be a stranger to me and I will be a stranger to him.

English Tyndale 1537

If I know not what the voice meaneth, I shall be unto him that speaketh an alien: and he that speaketh shall be an alien unto me.