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1 Corinthians 11:7-17 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

7. for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

8. for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

9. for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

10. because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

11. but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

12. for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God.

13. In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

14. doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

15. and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;

16. and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

17. And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

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