1 Corinthians 11:4
 1 Corinthians 11:4 
King James Version
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

American Standard Version
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

Young's Literal Translation
Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

1 Corinthians 11:4 Additional Translations
Geneva Study Bible

{3} Every {b} man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

(3) By this he gathers that if men do either pray or preach in public assemblies having their heads covered (which was then a sign of subjection), they robbed themselves of their dignity, against God's ordinance.

(b) It appears, that this was a political law serving only for the circumstance of the time that Paul lived in, by this reason, because in these our days for a man to speak bareheaded in an assembly is a sign of subjection.


People's New Testament

11:4 Every man praying or prophesying. The last word means speaking by inspiration.

Having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. He dishonors his head by covering what God would have exposed. Some hold that the head dishonored is Christ. I agree rather with Meyer and Schaff, that it is his own. Heathen priests of Rome covered their heads. So do modern Jews.

1 Corinthians 11:4 Parallel Commentaries
Covered Disgraces Dishonoreth Dishonors Dishonour Dishonoureth Gives Head Part Prayer Praying Prays Prophesies Prophesying Prophet Puts Something Teaching Veil Wears
Covered Disgraces Dishonoreth Dishonors Dishonour Dishonoureth Gives Head Part Prayer Praying Prays Prophesies Prophesying Prophet Puts Something Teaching Veil Wears
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Micah 7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Acts 13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
1 Corinthians 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
1 Corinthians 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1 Thessalonians 5:20 Despise not prophesyings.