Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
He said [Gen. 2:24], 'For this reason [i.e., since He made one woman for one man], a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother and will cling to his wife, [so that] the two of them will [then] become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to constitute one body]?'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Holman Bible
and He also said:
International Standard Version
and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?
A Conservative Version
and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?
American Standard Version
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
Bible in Basic English
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?
Common New Testament
and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
Daniel Mace New Testament
he said, "for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and be attach'd to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?"
Darby Translation
and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
Godbey New Testament
And He said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.
Goodspeed New Testament
and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.
John Wesley New Testament
And said, For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh?
Julia Smith Translation
And said, For this shall a man leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
King James 2000
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
Lexham Expanded Bible
and said, 'On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?
Modern King James verseion
and said, For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and shall cling to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and said, 'For this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.'
Moffatt New Testament
said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?
Montgomery New Testament
"For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh?
NET Bible
and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?
New Heart English Bible
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
Noyes New Testament
And He said: "For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh."
Sawyer New Testament
and he said, On this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
The Emphasized Bible
and said - For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and be united to his wife, - and, the two, will become, one flesh;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he said, for this reason shall a man forsake father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And said--'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one'?
Webster
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
Weymouth New Testament
and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?
Williams New Testament
and said, 'For this reason a man must leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them must be one!'
World English Bible
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
Worrell New Testament
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?"
Worsley New Testament
and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh:
Youngs Literal Translation
and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?
Themes
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To dwell with them for life
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To regard them as themselves
Jesus Christ » History of » Interprets the law concerning marriage and divorce (in peraea)
Topics
Interlinear
heneka
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and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Esomai
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 19:5
Prayers for Matthew 19:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Divorce
4 And He answered them, "Have you not read [Gen. 1:27; 5:2] that when God created [mankind as] male and female, 5 He said [Gen. 2:24], 'For this reason [i.e., since He made one woman for one man], a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother and will cling to his wife, [so that] the two of them will [then] become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to constitute one body]?' 6 So, [upon becoming husband and wife] they no longer function [entirely] as two persons, but [as] one body. Therefore, those whom God [so] joins together [in the marriage bond], no person must [ever] separate."
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:16
Or, do you not know that the person who is joined to a prostitute is one body [with her, physically]? For God says [Gen. 2:24], "The two will become one flesh" [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to practically constitute one body].
Ephesians 5:31
[Gen. 2:24 says], "For this reason a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother, and will cling to his wife, [so that] the two will become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship, as to practically constitute one body]."
Mark 10:5-9
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote you this commandment [only] because of the rebellious spirit of you [Jews].
Romans 12:9
Let [your] love be sincere. Hate whatever is evil. Cling to whatever is good.
1 Corinthians 7:2
But, because of so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife does not have [sole] authority over her own [physical] body, but the husband [also has his right to it]. And in the same way, the husband also does not have [sole] authority over his own [physical] body, but the wife [i.e., has her right to it, as well].