1 Timothy
King James Version (KJV)


“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
King James Version (KJV)
2:12 To usurp authority over the man - By public teaching.
1Ti 2:12 I suffer not a woman to teach. "I permit not" (Revised Version). To become an authorized teacher off the church, a work confined to presbyters. Nor to usurp authority over a man. Authoritative teaching and ruling were united.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to vsurpe authoritie ouer the man, but to be in silence.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.
- Basic English Bible
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;
- Darby Bible
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
- English Revised Version
But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
- World English Bible