Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
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- KJV Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
- BSB Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
- NKJV Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
- NASB Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
- NLT Isn’t it obvious that it’s disgraceful for a man to have long hair?
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Sam 14:26When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
- 1 Cor 14:35if they desire to learn anything. “Let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to be talking in the assembly.”
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