Parallel Verses

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 American Standard Bible

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’?

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:

For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh?

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

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

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?

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?

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

For
ἕνεκα ἕνεκεν εἵνεκεν 
heneka 
for ... sake, for ... cause, for, because 9, wherefore , by reason of, that ... might
Usage: 8

τούτου 
Toutou 
Usage: 53

ἕνεκα ἕνεκεν εἵνεκεν 
heneka 
for ... sake, for ... cause, for, because 9, wherefore , by reason of, that ... might
Usage: 8

καταλείπω 
Kataleipo 
Usage: 22

a man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

καταλείπω 
Kataleipo 
Usage: 22

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

and





and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

μήτηρ 
meter 
Usage: 55

προσκολλάω 
Proskollao 
Usage: 2

to
γυνή 
Gune 
Usage: 187

his

Usage: 0

γυνή 
Gune 
Usage: 187

ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

δύο 
Duo 
two, twain, both, two and two
Usage: 92

shall be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

one
εἷς 
heis 
one, a, other, some, not tr,
Usage: 188

Context Readings

On Divorce

4 He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 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'? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

Ephesians 5:31

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Genesis 2:21-24

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh.

Genesis 34:3

Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob's daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

Deuteronomy 11:22

For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,

1 Samuel 18:1

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

1 Kings 11:2

They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, "You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods." But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

Psalm 63:8

My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

Mark 10:5-9

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

Romans 12:9

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

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