1 Corinthians 11:10 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁰ For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol, of her submission to authority, that she may show reverence as do] the angels [and not displease them].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Because of this a woman should have authority over her head, because of the angels.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Therefore, a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the Angels.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

1 Corinthians 11:10 Cross References

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Matthew 18:10

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

1 Corinthians 11:11

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:9

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?