9For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.


In Context

6 For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.

7 The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.

9 For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

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

11 But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:9neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:9for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:9for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.