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@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ or "you. If with the tongue you utter speech"
 
 The word "tongue" here is a synecdoche for all the parts of the body which a person uses in order to speak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
 
+# If you utter speech that is not clear
+
+Clear speech is language that people can understand. Paul was talking about people speaking in other languages during church services. Alternate translation: "If you speak in a language that people do not know"
+
 # how will what is said be understood
 
 These passive clauses can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "how will anyone understand what you have said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])