American Standard Version
for this cause ought the woman to have `a sign of' authority on her head, because of the angels.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol, of her submission to authority, that she may show reverence as do] the angels [and not displease them].

Contemporary English Version
And so, because of this, and also because of the angels, a woman ought to wear something on her head, as a sign of her authority.

Darby English Version
Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

Good News Bible
On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority.

International Standard Version
This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.

King James Version
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore the woman ought to have {a symbol of} authority on her head, because of the angels.

New International Version
For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.

New King James Version
For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Young's Literal Translation
because of this the woman ought to have `a token of' authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

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