1 Corinthians 11:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ but if a woman has long hair, it is her pride? 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

And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and unbind the hair of the woman's head, and place in her hands the cereal offering of remembrance, which is the cereal offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is degrading to him,

1 Corinthians 11:16

If any one is disposed to be contentious, we recognize no other practice, nor do the churches of God.