5And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved.


In Context

2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you.

3 Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved.

6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

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

1st Corinthians 11:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved woman.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoureth her head: for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaved.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.