1 Corinthians 14:34 — Compare Translations

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The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says. [Gen. 3:16.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says. [Gen. 3:16.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to submit themselves, as the law also says.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Let [your] women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.

English EASY 2024

The women should be quiet during the meetings. They should not speak. They should remember that they are under authority. That is also what God's Law teaches.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The women should keep quiet in these church meetings. They are not allowed to speak out but should be under authority, as the Law of Moses says.

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

the women should keep quiet in the meetings. They are not allowed to speak; as the Jewish Law says, they must not be in charge.

English God's Word - GW 1995

the women must keep silent. They don't have the right to speak. They must take their place as Moses' Teachings say.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.

English KJV 1611

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.

English LSB

The women are to keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Let your women remain silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. They are commanded to be under obedience, as the law also says.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

women should remain silent in the meetings. They are not allowed to speak. They must follow the lead of those who are in authority, as the Law says.

English NIV

As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says.

English NKJ 1982

Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

English NLT

Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law also says.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The women should be respectfully silent during the evaluation of prophecy in the meetings. They are not allowed to interrupt, but are to be in a support role, as in fact the law teaches.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Women should be silent during the church meetings. They are not to take part in the discussion, for they are subordinate to men as the Scriptures also declare.

English Tyndale 1537

Let your wives keep silence in the congregations. For it is not permitted unto them to speak: but let them be under obedience, as saith the law: