KJV King James Version
In 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.
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1 Corinthians 14:21
In 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord.”
ASV American Standard Version
In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
in the law it hath been written, that, ‘With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;’
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 14
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19 Yet 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.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 In 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.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or [one] unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoνόμῳG3551 · nomoslawγέγραπταιG1125 · graphōto writeὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἑτερογλώσσοιςG2084 · heteroglōssosin another languageκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongχείλεσινG5491 · cheiloslipἑτέρωνG2087 · heterosotherλαλήσωG2980 · laleōto speakτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoλαῷG2992 · laosa peopleτούτῳ,G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐδ᾽G3761 · oudenorοὕτωςG3779 · ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)εἰσακούσονταίG1522 · eisakouōto listen toμου,G3165 · memeλέγειG3004 · legōto sayκύριος.G2962 · kurioslord: God
Cross-references
Isaiah 28:11-12For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.Jeremiah 5:15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.John 10:34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
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