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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Corinthians 11:9

For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Family;   Wife;   Women;   The Topic Concordance - Men;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Woman;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Husband;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Eve;   Marriage;   Overseer;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Lord's Supper;   Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Woman;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dress;   Eve;   James, the General Epistle of;   Marriage;   Veil;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covering the Head;   Veil;   Woman;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Paul the Apostle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adam ;   Answer;   Clothes;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hair;   Woman;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Veil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adam in the New Testament;   Beard;   Veil (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bareheadedness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
King James Version (1611)
Neither was the man created for the woman: but the woman for the man.
King James Version
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
English Standard Version
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
New American Standard Bible
for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake.
New Century Version
And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.
Amplified Bible
for indeed man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake.
Legacy Standard Bible
For indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake.
Berean Standard Bible
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
Contemporary English Version
He wasn't created for her. She was created for him.
Complete Jewish Bible
and indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman but woman for the sake of the man.
Darby Translation
For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
Easy-to-Read Version
And man was not made for woman. Woman was made for man.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the man was not created for the womans sake: but the woman for the mans sake.
George Lamsa Translation
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Good News Translation
Nor was man created for woman's sake, but woman was created for man's sake.
Lexham English Bible
For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
Literal Translation
for also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man;
American Standard Version
for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
Bible in Basic English
And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.
Hebrew Names Version
for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
International Standard Version
and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.Genesis 2:18,21, 23;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Neither was the man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
Murdock Translation
Neither was the man created for the woman's sake, but the woman for the man's sake.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neither was the man created for the womans sake: but the woman for the mans sake.
English Revised Version
for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
World English Bible
for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Neither was the man created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man.
Weymouth's New Testament
For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the man is not maad for the womman, but the womman for the man.
Update Bible Version
for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
Webster's Bible Translation
Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.
New English Translation
Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.
New King James Version
Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
New Living Translation
And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.
New Life Bible
and man was not made for woman. Woman was made for man.
New Revised Standard
Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For also man was not created, for the sake of the woman, but woman, for the sake of the man.
Revised Standard Version
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.)
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Nether was the man created for ye womas sake: but the woma for the mannes sake
Young's Literal Translation
for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nether was the man created for the womans sake, but the woma for the mans sake.
Mace New Testament (1729)
nor was the man copied from the woman: but the woman from the man.
Simplified Cowboy Version
In the same way, a man wasn't made to help a woman, but a woman was made to help man.

Contextual Overview

1 Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head. 5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven. 6 For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head. 7 The man indeed ought not to cover his head: because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 9 For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man. 10 Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the man: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:27 - male Numbers 30:13 - and every 1 Thessalonians 2:6 - been burdensome 1 Timothy 2:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations.
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.
Genesis 10:20
These are the children of Cham in their kindreds and tongues, and generations, and lands, and nations.
Genesis 10:25
And to Heber were born two sons: the name of the one was Phaleg, because in his days was the earth divided: and his brother’s name Jectan.
Genesis 11:1
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
Genesis 11:14
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
Genesis 11:31
And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 11:32
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation.
1 Corinthians 14:23
If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither was the man created for the woman,.... To be subservient to her; for she was not in being when he was created; and though it is the proper business of man to provide for, take care of, and defend the woman, as the weaker vessel, yet these were not the original ends of his creation; he was made for God, for his service and glory:

but the woman for the man; to be an help meet for him, who was already created; to be a companion and associate of his, both in religious worship and in civil life; and for the procreation and education of children.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither was the man created for the woman ... - This is a simple statement of what is expressed in Genesis. The woman was made for the comfort and happiness of the man. Not to be a slave, but a help-meet; not to be the minister of his pleasures, but to be his aid and comforter in life; not to be regarded as of inferior nature and rank, but to be his friend, to divide his sorrows, and to multiply and extend his joys; yet still to be in a station subordinate to him. He is to be the head: the ruler; the presider in the family circle; and she was created to aid him in his duties, to comfort him in his afflictions, to partake with him of his pleasures. Her rank is therefore honorable, though it is subordinate. It is, in some respects, the more honorable because it is subordinate and as her happiness is dependent on him, she has the higher claim to his protection and his tender care. The whole of Paul’s idea here is, that her situation and rank as subordinate should be recognized by her at all times, and that in his presence it was proper that she should wear the usual symbol of modesty and subordination, the veil.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 11:9. Neither was the man created, c.] και γαρ ουκ εκτισθη. for the man was not created upon the woman's account. The reason is plain from what is mentioned above and from the original creation of woman she was made for the man, to be his proper or suitable helper.


 
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