Roles in Worship
1 Corinthians 11:7
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- WEB
- For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
- ASV
- For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- LSV
- for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
- YLT
- for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
- DBY
- For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.Elohim
- DRC
- 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.
- GNV
- For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἡ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: ἡ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἡ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀνὴρ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ὀφείλει κατακαλύπτεσθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, εἰκὼν καὶ δόξα θεοῦ ὑπάρχων· ἡ γυνὴ δὲ δόξα ἀνδρός ἐστιν.
- RP2018
- Ἀνὴρ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ὀφείλει κατακαλύπτεσθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, εἰκὼν καὶ δόξα θεοῦ ὑπάρχων· γυνὴ δὲ δόξα ἀνδρός ἐστιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀνὴρ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ὀφείλει κατακαλύπτεσθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, εἰκὼν καὶ δόξα Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων· γυνὴ δὲ δόξα ἀνδρός ἐστιν.
- SCR1894
- ανηρ μεν γαρ ουκ οφειλει κατακαλυπτεσθαι την κεφαλην εικων και δοξα θεου υπαρχων γυνη δε δοξα ανδρος εστιν
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- Genesis 1:26–27Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So…
- Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- James 3:9With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
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