Parallel Verses
World English Bible
"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.'
A Conservative Version
And it was said, Whoever may divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.
American Standard Version
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
It was also said [Deut. 24:1-3], 'Whoever divorces his wife, let it be done with a [legally binding] divorce decree, which he must give her.'
Anderson New Testament
It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
Bible in Basic English
Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
Common New Testament
"It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
It hath been said, whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
Darby Translation
It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.
Godbey New Testament
And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement.
Goodspeed New Testament
"They were told, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'
John Wesley New Testament
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was said, That whosoever should loose his wife, let him give her a repudiation.
King James 2000
It has been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And it was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'
Modern King James verseion
It was also said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is said, Whosoever put away his wife let him give her a testimonial also of the divorcement.
Moffatt New Testament
It used to be said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a divorce-certificate.
Montgomery New Testament
"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of separation.
NET Bible
"It was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.'
New Heart English Bible
"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
Noyes New Testament
And it was said, "Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement."
Sawyer New Testament
And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement.
The Emphasized Bible
It was said, moreover, Whosoever shall divorce his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
It hath been said indeed, That whosoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce:
Twentieth Century New Testament
It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'
Webster
It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Weymouth New Testament
"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'
Williams New Testament
"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'
Worrell New Testament
"And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;'
Worsley New Testament
And it has been said, whosoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce:
Youngs Literal Translation
'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;
Themes
Adultery » Who commits adultery
Divorce » Those who get divorced and remarry again
Divorce » Sought on slight grounds
Foes of the home » Polygamy » Divorce
Judaism » The religion of the jews » To make room for the gospel
Marriage » Those that remarry or marry those who have been divorced
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
Apoluo
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 5:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Divorce
30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' 32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:1
"They say, 'If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again?' Wouldn't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me," says Yahweh.
Matthew 19:7
They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Matthew 19:3
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Mark 10:2-9
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"