1 Corinthians 11:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But if a woman has long hair, it is her ornament and glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? This is because her long hair is given to her for a covering.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Yet truly, if a woman grows her hair long, it is a glory for her, because her hair has been given to her as a covering.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

1 Corinthians 11:15 Cross References

Numbers 5:18

The priest shall set the woman before the Lord, dishevel the woman’s hair, and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. In his own hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not nature itself teach you that, if a man wears long hair, it is dishonoring to him,

1 Corinthians 11:16

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious—we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.