Parallel Verses
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.'
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
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]?'
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?
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
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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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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 He answered, and said unto them, "Have ye not read, how that he which made man at the beginning, made them man and woman? 5 and said, 'For this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.' 6 Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God hath coupled together."
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:16
Do ye not understand that he which coupleth himself with a harlot, is become one body? "For two," saith he, "shall be one flesh."
Ephesians 5:31
"For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall continue with his wife, and two shall be made one flesh."
Genesis 2:21-24
Then the LORD God cast a slumber on Adam, and he slept. And then he took out one of his ribs, and in stead thereof he filled up the place with flesh.
Genesis 34:3
and his heart lay unto Dina, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the damsel and spake kindly unto her,
Deuteronomy 4:4
But ye that clave unto the LORD your God are alive, every one of you, this day.
Deuteronomy 10:20
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God and serve him and cleave unto him and swear by his name,
Deuteronomy 11:22
For if ye shall keep all these commandments which I command you, so that ye do them and love the LORD your God and walk in all his ways and cleave unto him;
1 Samuel 18:1
And when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David; insomuch that Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26
Woe is me for thee, my brother Jonathan! Delectable to me wast thou, exceeding. Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
1 Kings 11:2
even of nations of which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "See ye come not at them, nor let them come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless to such Solomon clave and fell in love with them.
Psalm 45:10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.
Psalm 63:8
My soul hangeth upon thee; thy righthand upholdeth me.
Mark 10:5-9
And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "For the hardness of your hearts he wrote this precept unto you.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.
1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power over her own body: but the husband; And likewise the man hath not power over his own body: but the wife.