1 Corinthians 14:27

Orderly Worship

26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.27If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.28But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

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Berean Standard Bible
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
American Standard Version (1901)
If any man speaketh in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that in turn; and let one interpret:
Bible in Basic English
If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:
Douay-Rheims 1899
If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course, and let one interpret.
Free Bible Version
If anyone wants to speak in a tongue, make it just two, or three at the most, taking turns, and someone should interpret what is said.
Geneva Bible 1599
If any man speake a strange tongue, let it be by two, or at the most, by three, and that by course, and let one interprete.
King James (Authorized) Version
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
Plain English Version
Only let 2 or 3 people talk in special languages in your meetings, and they have to take turns. Only let one person talk at a time, and then, each time, somebody has to tell everybody what those words in that special language mean.
Translation for Translators
It is all right if two people, or at the most three people, speak in languages [MTY] that they have not learned. But they must speak one at a time, and someone must explain the meaning of what the others have said.
Unlocked Literal Bible
If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at most three, and each one in turn, then someone should interpret what is said.
Noah Webster Bible
If any man speaketh in an unknown language, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
World English Bible
If any man speaks in another language, let there be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
Young's Literal Translation
if an [unknown] tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;