1 Corinthians 11:15

Roles in Worship

14Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.16If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

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Berean Standard Bible
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
American Standard Version (1901)
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Bible in Basic English
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Free Bible Version
However, a woman with long hair brings herself glory, because her hair is given to her as a covering.
Geneva Bible 1599
But if a woman haue long heare, it is a prayse vnto her: for her heare is giuen her for a couering.
King James (Authorized) Version
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Plain English Version
But if a woman has long hair, it is beautiful, and people will say she looks good. God gave her long hair to cover her.
Translation for Translators
But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because God gave them long hair to be like a beautiful covering for their heads.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Does not nature teach you that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair has been given to her as a covering.
Noah Webster Bible
But if a woman hath long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
World English Bible
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Young's Literal Translation
and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;