19but in the assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.


In Context

16 Since otherwise, if thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple Christian say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?

17 For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

18 I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:

19 but in the assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

20 Brethren, be not children in your minds, but in malice be babes; but in your minds be grown men.

21 It is written in the law, By people of other tongues, and by strange lips, will I speak to this people; and neither thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.

1 Corinthians 14:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:19But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:19But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also; than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:19howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:19howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown language.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an unknown tongue.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.