Catholic Public Domain Version
"For example, if the trumpet made an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for battle? "
— 1 Corinthians 14:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war? ”
“For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for war?”
“If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?”
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
“For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?”
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more so to prophesy. For he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless perhaps he interprets, so that the Church may receive edification.
But now, brothers, if I were to come to you speaking in tongues, how would it benefit you, unless instead I speak to you in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?
Even those things that are without a soul can make sounds, whether it is a wind or a stringed instrument. But unless they present a distinction within the sounds, how will it be known which is from the pipe and which is from the string?
For example, if the trumpet made an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for battle?
So it is with you also, for unless you utter with the tongue in plain speech, how will it be known what is said? For then you would be speaking into the air.
Consider that there are so many different kinds of languages in this world, and yet none is without a voice.
Therefore, if I do not understand the nature of the voice, then I shall be like a foreigner to the one with whom I am speaking; and he who is speaking will be like a foreigner to me.