1 Corinthians 14:34 - Compare All Versions
1 Corinthians 14:34 NIV (New International Version)
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
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.
1 Corinthians 14:34 NLT (New Living Translation)
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.
1 Corinthians 14:34 CSB (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.
1 Corinthians 14:34 KJV (King James Version)
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.
1 Corinthians 14:34 NKJV (New King James Version)
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.
1 Corinthians 14:34-36 MSG (The Message)
Wives must not disrupt worship, talking when they should be listening, asking questions that could more appropriately be asked of their husbands at home. God’s Book of the law guides our manners and customs here. Wives have no license to use the time of worship for unwarranted speaking. Do you—both women and men—imagine that you’re a sacred oracle determining what’s right and wrong? Do you think everything revolves around you?
1 Corinthians 14:34 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
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.
1 Corinthians 14:34 AMP (Amplified Bible)
the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but are to take a subordinate place, as the Law says.
1 Corinthians 14:34 NET (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.