But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
- NKJV But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved.
- NASB But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.
- NLT But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head.
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Cross-references · 5
- Deut 21:12then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
- Luke 2:36There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
- Acts 2:17‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- Acts 21:9Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
- 1 Cor 14:34Let the women be quiet in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to be talking except in submission, as the law also says,
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