1st Corinthians Chapter 14 verse 10 Holy Bible
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no `kind' is without signification.
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There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of undistinguishable sound.
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - It may be. A mere expression of uncertainty as to the exact number (comp. 1 Corinthians 15:37). It is one of the very few instances where even the verb which implies "chance" is recognized. The word "chance" itself (τυχὴ) does not occur in the New Testament. So many kinds of voices. This does not seem to mean "so many languages." The Jews always asserted that the languages, of the world were seventy in number. It seems to mean "classes of expressive sounds." None of them is without signification. The words rendered "without signification," literally mean dumb. The meaning must either be that "nothing - no creature - is dumb," or that "every class of sounds has its own distinct meaning."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world.--There are a great many voices or languages in the world, and none of them but has a right meaning when spoken rightly and to the right person. No word in any language can be meaningless, but must correspond to some thought--for the thought exists first, and the word is invented as the expression of it.
