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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
1 Corinthians 14:17
For, thou, indeed, excellently art giving thanks, but, the other, is not being built up.
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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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good News Translation
Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contextual Overview
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray also with the mind, - I will strike the strings with the spirit, butI will strike the strings also with the mind. 16 Else, if thou be blessing in a spirit, he that filleth up the place of the ungifted person, how shall he say the Amen upon thy thanksgiving? since indeed, what thou art saying, he knoweth not; 17 For, thou, indeed, excellently art giving thanks, but, the other, is not being built up. 18 I give thanks unto God! - More than ye all, am I speaking with tongues; 19 But, in assembly, I desire to speak five words with my mind, that, others also, I may instruct, than myriads of words in a tongue. 20 Brethren! do not become children, in your understandings; but, in baseness, become babes, while, in your understandings, ye become, full-grown.
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
Then came Jephthah towards Mizpah, unto his own house, and lo! his daughter, coming forth to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances, - and, she, was none other than his only child, he had not, besides her, either son or daughter.
Then came Jephthah towards Mizpah, unto his own house, and lo! his daughter, coming forth to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances, - and, she, was none other than his only child, he had not, besides her, either son or daughter.
1 Samuel 18:6
But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king, - with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings.
But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king, - with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings.
2 Samuel 18:18
But, Absolom, had taken, and raised up for himself, in his lifetime, the pillar that is in the king's vale, for he said, I have no son, to keep in remembrance my name, so he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absolom's monument unto this day.
But, Absolom, had taken, and raised up for himself, in his lifetime, the pillar that is in the king's vale, for he said, I have no son, to keep in remembrance my name, so he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absolom's monument unto this day.
Proverbs 14:20
Even by his neighbour, is poor man hated, but, the lovers of the rich man, are many.
Even by his neighbour, is poor man hated, but, the lovers of the rich man, are many.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted.
Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted.
Hebrews 7:1
For, this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him, -
For, this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, 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.
