14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.


In Context

11 If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian to me.

12 So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.

13 And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.

14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.

15 What is it then ? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding.

16 Else if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing ? because he knoweth not what thou sayest.

1 Corinthians 14:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in an unknown language, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14for if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.