¹⁶Else when thou shalt ^abless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the ^bunlearned say ^cAmen at ^dthy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

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Footnotes

ach. 10:16.
bver. 23, 24. See Acts 4:13.
cSee Neh. 5:13. & Rev. 5:14.
dch. 11:24

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Otherwise, if you praise with the spirit, how will the outsider say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

NLTNew Living Translation

For if you praise God only in the spirit, how can those who don’t understand you praise God along with you? How can they join you in giving thanks when they don’t understand what you are saying?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For otherwise, if you praise in your spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the outsider say the “amen” at your thanksgiving, because he does not know what you are saying?