1 Corinthians 11:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head—it is the same as if her head were shaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.

Luke 2:36

And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanu-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,

Acts 2:17

‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out 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

And he had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.

1 Corinthians 11:4

Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

Deuteronomy 21:12

then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and pare her nails.