1 Corinthians 14:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

English ASV

For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

English Amplified

For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For the person who speaks in another tongue is not speaking to people but to God, since no one understands him; he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God: for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries.

English EASY 2024

If someone speaks in a different language, he is speaking only to God. The people who hear him do not understand his message. God's Spirit is causing him to speak about secret things.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I will explain why. Those who have the gift of speaking in a different language are not speaking to people. They are speaking to God. No one understands them—they are speaking secret things through the Spirit.

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When a person speaks in another language, he doesn't speak to people but to God. No one understands him. His spirit is speaking mysteries.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For the person who speaks in [another] language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

English KJV 1611

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

English LSB

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For he who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to men, but to God. For no one understands him, although in the spirit, he speaks mysteries.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

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

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to human beings but to God, for no one listens; he utters mysteries in spirit.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Anyone who speaks in a language he had not known before doesn't speak to people. He speaks only to God. In fact, no one understands that person. What he says with his spirit remains a mystery.

English NIV

For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.

English NKJ 1982

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.

English NLT

For if your gift is the ability to speak in tongues, you will be talking to God but not to people, since they won't be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For those who speak in a tongue do not speak to other people but to God; for nobody understands them, since they are speaking mysteries in the Spirit.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When someone speaks in tongues, no one understands a word he says, because he’s not speaking to people, but to God—he is speaking intimate mysteries in the Spirit.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But if your gift is that of being able to “speak in tongues,“ that is, to speak in languages you haven't learned, you will be talking to God but not to others, since they won't be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be a secret.

English Tyndale 1537

For he that speaketh with tongues speaketh not unto men, but unto God. (For) No man heareth him: For(Howbeit) in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — Compare Translations