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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Good News Translation
1 Corinthians 14:17
Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
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Easy-to-Read Version
You may be thanking God in a good way, but others are not helped.
You may be thanking God in a good way, but others are not helped.
Revised Standard Version
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied.
Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied.
Hebrew Names Version
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
International Standard Version
It's good for you to give thanks, but it does not build up the other person.
It's good for you to give thanks, but it does not build up the other person.
New American Standard Bible
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
New Century Version
You may be thanking God in a good way, but the other person is not helped.
You may be thanking God in a good way, but the other person is not helped.
Update Bible Version
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
English Standard Version
For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.
For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.
World English Bible
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For thou verily givest thanks well; yet the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well; yet the other is not edified.
Weymouth's New Testament
Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou doist wel thankyngis, but an othir man is not edefied.
For thou doist wel thankyngis, but an othir man is not edefied.
English Revised Version
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Berean Standard Bible
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
Contemporary English Version
You may be worshiping God in a wonderful way, but no one else will be helped.
You may be worshiping God in a wonderful way, but no one else will be helped.
Amplified Bible
You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving].
You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving].
American Standard Version
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Bible in Basic English
For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
Complete Jewish Bible
For undoubtedly you are giving thanks very nicely, but the other person is not being edified.
For undoubtedly you are giving thanks very nicely, but the other person is not being edified.
Darby Translation
For *thou* indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For *thou* indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Etheridge Translation
For thou blessest well, but thy neighbour is not edified.
For thou blessest well, but thy neighbour is not edified.
Murdock Translation
Thou blessest, indeed, very well; but thy neighbor is not edified.
Thou blessest, indeed, very well; but thy neighbor is not edified.
King James Version (1611)
For thou verily giuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
For thou verily giuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
New Living Translation
You will be giving thanks very well, but it won't strengthen the people who hear you.
You will be giving thanks very well, but it won't strengthen the people who hear you.
New Life Bible
You are honoring and giving thanks to God, but it is not helping other people.
You are honoring and giving thanks to God, but it is not helping other people.
New Revised Standard
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For thou verely giuest thankes well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verely giuest thankes well, but the other is not edified.
George Lamsa Translation
For indeed you bless well, but your fellow man is not enlightened.
For indeed you bless well, but your fellow man is not enlightened.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, indeed, excellently art giving thanks, but, the other, is not being built up.
For, thou, indeed, excellently art giving thanks, but, the other, is not being built up.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.
For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou veryly geuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
Thou veryly geuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
Christian Standard Bible®
For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.
For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.
King James Version
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Lexham English Bible
For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.
For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.
Literal Translation
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not built up.
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not built up.
Young's Literal Translation
for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed.
Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
thy thanksgiving indeed is right, but the other is not all edified by it.
thy thanksgiving indeed is right, but the other is not all edified by it.
New English Translation
For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.
For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.
New King James Version
For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Simplified Cowboy Version
You might be saying a thousand thanks to God, but not a single person will understand it. If they don't understand it, they ain't helped by your words.
You might be saying a thousand thanks to God, but not a single person will understand it. If they don't understand it, they ain't helped by your words.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
Legacy Standard Bible
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
Contextual Overview
15 What should I do, then? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray also with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will sing also with my mind. 16 When you give thanks to God in spirit only, how can ordinary people taking part in the meeting say "Amen" to your prayer of thanksgiving? They have no way of knowing what you are saying. 17 Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all. 18 I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you. 19 But in church worship I would rather speak five words that can be understood, in order to teach others, than speak thousands of words in strange tongues. 20 Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
but: 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:6
Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 10:23 - edify 1 Corinthians 12:7 - General
Cross-References
Judges 11:34
When Jephthah went back home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.
When Jephthah went back home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.
1 Samuel 18:6
As David was returning after killing Goliath and as the soldiers were coming back home, women from every town in Israel came out to meet King Saul. They were singing joyful songs, dancing, and playing tambourines and lyres.
As David was returning after killing Goliath and as the soldiers were coming back home, women from every town in Israel came out to meet King Saul. They were singing joyful songs, dancing, and playing tambourines and lyres.
2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime Absalom had built a monument for himself in King's Valley, because he had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.
During his lifetime Absalom had built a monument for himself in King's Valley, because he had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.
Proverbs 14:20
No one likes the poor, not even their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
No one likes the poor, not even their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
Proverbs 19:4
Rich people are always finding new friends, but the poor cannot keep the few they have.
Rich people are always finding new friends, but the poor cannot keep the few they have.
Hebrews 7:1
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and a priest of the Most High God. As Abraham was coming back from the battle in which he defeated the four kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him,
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and a priest of the Most High God. As Abraham was coming back from the battle in which he defeated the four kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For thou verily givest thanks well,.... In very proper words, and pertinent expressions, with great affection and devotion, suitable to the service;
but the other is not edified; the rest of the people, who do not understand the language in which thanks are given; "thy friend", as the Syriac version reads it; or thy next neighbour, he that stands by thee, receives no manner of profit by it, because he does not understand what is said.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For thou verily givest thanks well - That is, even if you use a foreign language. You do it with the heart; and it is accepted by God as your offering; but the other, who cannot understand it, cannot be benefited by it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. Thou verily givest thanks well — Because he felt gratitude, and, from a sense of his obligation, gave praise to God; but because this was in an unknown tongue, those who heard him received no edification.
