1 Corinthians 11:5

WEB

⁵But 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.

KJV

⁵But 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

⁵And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

FBV

⁵A woman's head is dishonored if she prays or prophesies with her head uncovered—it's just as if she had her hair shaved off.

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Extra References

Deuteronomy 21:12

¹²then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.

Luke 2:36

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

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.

1 Corinthians 14:34

³⁴Let the wives be quiet in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to be talking except in submission, as the law also says,

Acts 21:9

⁹Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.