Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.
New American Standard Bible
They said, “
King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Holman Bible
They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers
International Standard Version
They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."
A Conservative Version
And they said, Moses permitted to write a document of divorce, and to divorce her.
American Standard Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Amplified
They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”
An Understandable Version
They replied, "Moses allowed us to provide a legal divorce decree and [then] to divorce her."
Anderson New Testament
They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away.
Common New Testament
They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."
Daniel Mace New Testament
Moses, said they, allowed a bill of divorce, and so to dismiss her.
Darby Translation
And they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.
Godbey New Testament
And they said, Moses permitted to write a book of divorcement, and to send her away.
Goodspeed New Testament
They said, "Moses permits a man to divorce his wife by drawing up a written divorce-notice."
John Wesley New Testament
They said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
Julia Smith Translation
And they said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to loose.
King James 2000
And they said, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they said, "Moses permitted [a man] to write a certificate of divorce and to send [her] away."
Modern King James verseion
And they said, Moses allowed a bill of divorce to be written, and to put her away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they said, "Moses suffered to write a testimonial of her divorcement, and to put her away."
Moffatt New Testament
They said, "Moses permitted a man to divorce her by writing out a separation notice."
Montgomery New Testament
"Moses," said they, "permitted a man to draw up a bill of separation and divorce her."
NET Bible
They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."
New Heart English Bible
They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
Noyes New Testament
And they said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Sawyer New Testament
And they said, Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorcement and put her away.
The Emphasized Bible
And, they, said - Moses permitted, to write, a roll of dismissal, and to divorce.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
They said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'"
Webster
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Weymouth New Testament
"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."
Williams New Testament
They answered, "Moses allowed a man to divorce his wife, if he wrote out a divorce charge."
World English Bible
They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
Worrell New Testament
And they said, "Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away."
Worsley New Testament
And they said, Moses permitted a man to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
Themes
Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce
Jesus Christ » History of » Interprets the law concerning marriage and divorce (in peraea)
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 10:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Divorce
3 And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do? 4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her. 5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.
Isaiah 50:1
This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.
Matthew 1:19
And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
Matthew 5:31-32
Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
Matthew 19:7
They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?