King James Version

1 Corinthians 14:29

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

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προφῆταιprophētaiprophetsπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “prophets”, the subject formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.the prophetsδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.δύοduotwoδύοadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “two”, the subject formG1417two.twoἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orτρεῖςtreisthreeτρεῖςadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “three”, the subject formG5140three.threeλαλείτωσανlaleitōsanto speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄλλοιalloiotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “other”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “other”.the otherδιακρινέτωσανdiakrinetōsanjudgeδιακρίνω (diakrinō)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person plural — “judge”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1252I separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; I doubt, hesitate, waver.judge

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And prophets — let two or three speak, and let the others discern,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.

Young’s Literal Translation

And prophets — let two or three speak, and let the others discern,

World English Bible

Let two or three of the prophets speak, and let the others discern.

Darby Translation

And let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge.

Douay-Rheims

And let the prophets speak, two or three; and let the rest judge.

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