⁴Every man who prays or prophesies while^* having something^* on his head dishonors his head, ⁵but every woman who prays or prophesies with uncovered head dishonors her head, for she is one and the same with the one whose head is shaved.

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Footnotes

*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object must be supplied from context, but the exact nature of the object is not clear from the context, so “something” is used in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head. Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

NLTNew Living Translation

A man dishonors his head if he covers his head while praying or prophesying. But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head.

KJV 1900King James Version

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 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.

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