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1 Corinthians 11:8–9

For lman was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but mwoman for man.

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1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

For the first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Man did not come from woman, but woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For man is not of woman, but woman of man. For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Clearly, man wasn’t made from woman but woman from man. Man wasn’t created for woman but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man. And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Indeed, man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For man is not from woman, but woman from man. For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The man did not come from the woman. The woman came from the man.

Also, the man was not created for the woman. The woman was created for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake.


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