1 Corinthians 11:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoureth her head: for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And any woman who [publicly] prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, or comforts) when she is bareheaded dishonors her head (her husband); it is the same as [if her head were] shaved.

American Standard Version (1901)

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

Common English Bible

Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head. It is the same thing as having her head shaved.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraces her head. For it is the same as if her head were shaven.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

1 Corinthians 11:5 Cross References

Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal: remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

Luke 2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

Acts 2:17

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

Acts 21:9

Now this man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

1 Corinthians 11:4

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

Deuteronomy 21:12

then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;