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Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:28

In 9 translations

BSB
But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
KJV
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
WEB
But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.
ASV
but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
LSV
and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.
YLT
and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.
DBY
but if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in [the] assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.Elohim
DRC
But if there be no interpreter, let him hold his peace in the church, and speak to himself and to God.
GNV
But if there be no interpreter, let him keepe silence in the Church, which speaketh languages, and let him speake to himselfe, and to God.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of διερμηνευτής: Tregelles: ἑρμηνευτής.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: διερμηνευτής. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read διερμηνευτής; Tregelles read ἑρμηνευτής.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ διερμηνευτής, σιγάτω ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἑαυτῷ δὲ λαλείτω καὶ τῷ θεῷ.
RP2018
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ διερμηνευτής, σιγάτω ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἑαυτῷ δὲ λαλείτω καὶ τῷ θεῷ.
TR-Boyd
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ διερμηνευτής, σιγάτω ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἑαυτῷ δὲ λαλείτω καὶ τῷ Θεῷ.
SCR1894
εαν δε μη η διερμηνευτης σιγατω εν εκκλησια εαυτω δε λαλειτω και τω θεω

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