34As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says.


In Context

31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.

33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

34 As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says.

35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

36 Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

1st Corinthians 14:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:34Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:34Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:34let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:34Let your women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:34Let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:34Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak: but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:34let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:34Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:34Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also said the law.