1 Timothy 2:12

Christian Standard Bible ®

I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent.

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

Legacy Standard Bible
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Just because a lady has taken a few lessons doesn't mean she's ready to teach. This ain't no different for anyone. Her job is to learn quietly and practice what she learns.

Bible in Basic English
In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

Darby Translation
but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;

World English Bible
But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Weymouth's New Testament
I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.

King James Version (1611)
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to vsurpe authoritie ouer the man, but to be in silence.

Literal Translation
And I do not allow a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I suffre not a woma to teach ner to haue auctorite ouer the man, but for to be in sylence.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for I don't allow a woman to be a teacher, nor to dictate to her husband; but let her be silent.

Amplified Bible
I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation].

American Standard Version
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Revised Standard Version
I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I suffre not a woman to teache nether to have auctoricie over a man: but forto be in silence.

Update Bible Version
But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Young's Literal Translation
and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

New Century Version
But I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to listen quietly,

New English Translation
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.

Berean Standard Bible
I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

Contemporary English Version
They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do.

Complete Jewish Bible
but I do not permit a woman to teach a man or exercise authority over him; rather, she is to remain at peace.

English Standard Version
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I permit not a woman to teache, neither to vsurpe authoritie ouer the man, but to be in silence.

George Lamsa Translation
I do not think it seemly for a woman to debate publicly or otherwise usurp the authority of men but should be silent.

Hebrew Names Version
But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

International Standard Version
Moreover, I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she is to be quiet.1 Corinthians 14:34; Ephesians 5:24;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
12 for unto the wife to teach [fn] I permit not, neither to be authoritative [fn] over the husband, but to be in quietude.

Murdock Translation
for I do not allow a woman to teach, or to be assuming over the man; but let her remain in stillness.

New King James Version
And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.

New Living Translation
I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Let them listen quietly.

New Life Bible
I never let women teach men or be leaders over men. They should be quiet.

English Revised Version
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

New Revised Standard
I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, teaching - unto a woman, I do not permit, nor yet to have authority over a man, - but to be in quietness;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.

King James Version
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Lexham English Bible
But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But I suffer not a woman to teache, neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer ye man, but to be in scilence.

Easy-to-Read Version
I don't allow a woman to teach a man or tell him what to do. She must listen quietly,

New American Standard Bible
But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

Good News Translation
I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y suffre not a womman to teche, nether to haue lordschip on the hosebonde, but to be in silence.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel, ¹⁰ but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God. ¹¹ A woman should learn in silence with full submission. ¹² I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent. ¹³ For Adam was created first, then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. ¹⁵ But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:16 - rule Esther 1:22 - that every man 1 Corinthians 11:3 - and the head of the 1 Corinthians 14:34 - women Ephesians 5:22 - submit Colossians 3:18 - submit Titus 2:5 - obedient 1 Peter 3:1 - ye

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.

Exodus 39:13
and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.

Numbers 11:7
The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.

Job 28:16
Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I suffer not a woman to teach, c,] They may teach in private, in their own houses and families they are to be teachers of good things, Titus 2:3. They are to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; nor is the law or doctrine of a mother to be forsaken, any more than the instruction of a father; see Proverbs 1:8. Timothy, no doubt, received much advantage, from the private teachings and instructions of his mother Eunice, and grandmother Lois; but then women are not to teach in the church; for that is an act of power and authority, and supposes the persons that teach to be of a superior degree, and in a superior office, and to have superior abilities to those who are taught by them:

nor to usurp authority over the man; as not in civil and political things, or in things relating to civil government; and in things domestic, or the affairs of the family; so not in things ecclesiastical, or what relate to the church and government of it; for one part of rule is to feed the church with knowledge and understanding; and for a woman to take upon her to do this, is to usurp an authority over the man: this therefore she ought not to do,

but to be in silence; to sit and hear quietly and silently, and learn, and not teach, as in 1 Timothy 2:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I suffer not a woman to teach - see the notes on 1 Corinthians 14:34.

Nor to usurp authority over the man - notes, 1 Corinthians 11:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. Nor to usurp authority — A woman should attempt nothing, either in public or private, that belongs to man as his peculiar function. This was prohibited by the Roman laws: In multis juris nostri articulis deterior est conditio foeminarum quam masculorun,; l. 9, PAP. LIB. 31, QUAEST. Foeminoe ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotae sunt; et ideo nec judicis esse possunt, nec magistratum gerere, nec postulare, nec pro alio invenire, nec procuratores existere; l. 2, de Reg. Juris. ULP. LIB. i. AD SAB.-Vid. POTH. Pand. Justin., vol. i. p. 13.

"In our laws the condition of women is, in many respects, worse than that of men. Women are precluded from all public offices; therefore they cannot be judges, nor execute the function of magistrates; they cannot sue, plead, nor act in any case, as proxies. They were under many other disabilities, which may be seen in different places of the Pandects.

But to be in silence. — It was lawful for men in public assemblies to ask questions, or even interrupt the speaker when there was any matter in his speech which they did not understand; but this liberty was not granted to women. See the note on 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Corinthians 14:35.