the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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1 Corinthians 11:15
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A woman's beauty is a reflection of who God made her to be and she should not dishonor that.
but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
But woman, if she have long hair, [it is] glory to her; for the long hair is given [to her] in lieu of a veil.
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her as a covering.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Whereas for a woman to have long hair, is a glory to her; for her hair was given her instead of a veil.
but that if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because her hair was given her for a covering?
But if a woman haue long haire, it is a glory to her: for her haire is giuen her for a couering.
But if a woman wears her hair long, it is a glory to her; because the hair has been given to her instead of a veil.
yf he weere loge heer, & a prayse to ye woma, yf she weere loge heer? For hir heer is geue heer to couer her withall.
on the contrary, such is an ornament to a woman: because it was given her as a sort of veil.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her ornament and glory? For her long hair is given to her as a covering.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her pride? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman hath long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.
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;
But long hair is a woman's glory. Long hair is given to her as a covering.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
But long hair is a beautiful way for a woman to cover her head.
But a woman who wears her hair long enhances her appearance, because her hair has been given to her as a covering.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman haue long heare, it is a prayse vnto her: for her heare is giuen her for a couering.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
nor that hair is a woman's glory, for hair is given as a substitute for coverings.
But when a woman increaseth her hair, it is a glory to her; because her hair for a covering was given to her.
But for a woman, if her hair is abundant, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her [fn] for a covering.
And isn't long hair a woman's pride and joy? For it has been given to her as a covering.
But a woman can be proud to have long hair. Her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
But, if, a woman, have long hair, it is a glory to her, for, her long hair, instead of a veil, hath been given to her.
But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.
But yf a woman haue long heere, it is a prayse for her: For her heere is geuen her to couer her withall.
But wearing long hair is a woman's honor. Long hair is given to the woman to cover her head.
but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering.
but on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering.
but if a womman nurische longe heer, it is glorie to hir, for heeris ben youun to hir for keueryng.
Contextual Overview
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covering: or, veil, 1 Corinthians 11:15
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:18 - uncover Revelation 9:8 - hair
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But if a woman have long hair,.... And wears it, without cutting it, as men do:
it is a glory to her; it is comely and beautiful; it is agreeable to her sex, she looks like herself; it becomes and adorns her:
for her hair is given her for a covering; not instead of a covering for her head, or any other part of her body, so that she needs no other: we read indeed of the daughter of Nicodemus ben Gorion, that she was obliged to make use of her hair for a covering in such a sense l;
"it happened to R. Jochanan ben Zaccai that he rode upon an ass, and went out of Jerusalem, and his disciples went after him; he saw a young woman gathering barley corns out of the dung of the Arabian cattle; when she saw him,
נתעטפה בשערה, "she covered herself with her hair", and stood before him:''
but this covering was made use of, not of choice, but by force, through her poverty, she having no other; this was not the custom of the nation, nor was the hair given to women for a covering in this sense, nor used by them as such, unless by Eve before the fall; but is rather an indication that they want another covering for their head, it not being so decent that their long hair should be seen. The Jewish women used to esteem it an immodest thing for their hair to be seen, and therefore they took care, as much as possible, to hide it under another covering;
"one woman, whose name was Kimchith, had seven sons, and they all ministered in the high priesthood; the wise men said unto her, what hast thou done, that thou art so worthy? she replied to them, all my days the beams of my house never saw קלעי שערי, "the plaits of my hair" m;''
that is, they were never seen by any person, even within her house.
l T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 66. 2. m T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 47. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
It is a glory unto her - It is an ornament, and adorning. The same instinctive promptings of nature which make it proper for a man to wear short hair, make it proper that the woman should suffer hers to grow long.
For a covering - Margin, “veil.” It is given to her as a sort of natural veil, and to indicate the propriety of her wearing a veil. It answered the purposes of a veil when it was allowed to grow long, and to spread over the shoulders and ever parts of the face, before the arts of dress were invented or needed. There may also be an allusion here to the fact that the hair of women naturally grows longer than that of men. See Rosenmuller. The value which eastern females put on their long hair may be learned from the fact that when Ptolemy Euergetes, king of Egypt, was about to march against Seleucus Callinicus, his queen Berenice vowed, as the most precious sacrifice which she could make, to cut off and consecrate her hair if he returned in safety. “The eastern ladies,” says Harmer, “are remarkable for the length and the great number of the tresses of their hair. The men there, on the contrary, wear very little hair on their heads.” Lady M. W. Montague thus speaks concerning the hair of the women:” Their hair hangs at full length behind, divided into tresses, braided with pearl or riband, which is always in great quantity. I never saw in my life so many fine heads of hair. In one lady’s I have counted one hundred and ten of these tresses, all natural; but it must be owned that every kind of beauty is more common here than with us.” The men there, on the contrary, shave all the hair off their heads, excepting one lock; and those that wear hair are thought effeminate. Both these particulars are mentioned by Chardin, who says they are agreeable to the custom of the East: “the men are shaved; the women nourish their hair with great fondness, which they lengthen, by tresses and tufts of silk, down to the heels. The young men who wear their hair in the East are looked upon as effeminate and infamous.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Corinthians 11:15. But if a woman have long hair — The Author of their being has given a larger proportion of hair to the head of women than to that of men; and to them it is an especial ornament, and may in various cases serve as a veil.
It is a certain fact that a man's long hair renders him contemptible, and a woman's long hair renders her more amiable. Nature and the apostle speak the same language; we may account for it as we please.
