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New King James Version
Mark 10:9
Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
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Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
King James Version (1611)
What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder.
What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder.
King James Version
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
English Standard Version
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate."
"Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate."
New Century Version
God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them."
God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them."
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce]."
"Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce]."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
"What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Legacy Standard Bible
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
Contemporary English Version
And no one should separate a couple that God has joined together."
And no one should separate a couple that God has joined together."
Complete Jewish Bible
So then, no one should break apart what God has joined together."
So then, no one should break apart what God has joined together."
Darby Translation
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
Easy-to-Read Version
God has joined them together, so no one should separate them."
God has joined them together, so no one should separate them."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.
Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.
George Lamsa Translation
What therefore God has joined, let no man separate.
What therefore God has joined, let no man separate.
Good News Translation
No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together."
No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together."
Lexham English Bible
Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."
Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."
Literal Translation
Therefore, what God yoked together, let not man put apart.
Therefore, what God yoked together, let not man put apart.
American Standard Version
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Bible in Basic English
Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.
Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.
Hebrew Names Version
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
International Standard Version
Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."
Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."
Etheridge Translation
What Aloha therefore hath conjoined, man may not separate.
What Aloha therefore hath conjoined, man may not separate.
Murdock Translation
What therefore God hath conjoined, let not man separate.
What therefore God hath conjoined, let not man separate.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore, what God hath coupled together, let not man seperate.
Therfore, what God hath coupled together, let not man seperate.
English Revised Version
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
World English Bible
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Weymouth's New Testament
What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."
What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor that thing that God ioynede togidere, no man departe.
Therfor that thing that God ioynede togidere, no man departe.
Update Bible Version
What therefore God has joined together, don't let man separate.
What therefore God has joined together, don't let man separate.
Webster's Bible Translation
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man separate.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man separate.
New English Translation
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
New Living Translation
let no one split apart what God has joined together."
let no one split apart what God has joined together."
New Life Bible
Let no man divide what God has put together."
Let no man divide what God has put together."
New Revised Standard
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What then, God, hath yoked together, let, a man, not put asunder.
What then, God, hath yoked together, let, a man, not put asunder.
Douay-Rheims Bible
What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Revised Standard Version
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Therfore what God hath cuppled let not ma separat.
Therfore what God hath cuppled let not ma separat.
Young's Literal Translation
what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let not man therfore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.
Let not man therfore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.
Mace New Testament (1729)
let no man therefore separate what God has designed to be one.
let no man therefore separate what God has designed to be one.
Simplified Cowboy Version
And what God has joined together, what right has anyone else to come and try to sort off one?"
And what God has joined together, what right has anyone else to come and try to sort off one?"
Contextual Overview
1 Matthew 19:1-9">[xr] Then He arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was accustomed, He taught them again. 2 The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" testing Him. 3 And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" 4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her." 5 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.' Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2">[fn] 7 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh'; Genesis 2:24 ">[fn] so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." 10 In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Romans 7:1-3, 1 Chronicles 7:10-13
Reciprocal: Matthew 19:6 - God
Cross-References
Genesis 6:4
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
Genesis 25:27
So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.
So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 27:30
Hebrews 12:17">[xr] Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Hebrews 12:17">[xr] Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
2 Chronicles 28:22
2 Kings 16:12-20">[xr] Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD. This is that King Ahaz.
2 Kings 16:12-20">[xr] Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD. This is that King Ahaz.
Psalms 52:7
"Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
"Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
Jeremiah 16:16
"Behold, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
"Behold, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Ezekiel 13:18
and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their sleeves [fn] and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?
and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their sleeves [fn] and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?
Micah 7:2
The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
What therefore God hath joined together,....
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12.
Mark 10:12
And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done. The wife of Herod had rejected her former husband and married Herod. And though instances of this kind “might” have been attempted to be defended by the example of Pagans, yet our Saviour was desirous of showing them that it did not free them from the charge of adultery. The apostles were going forth to teach Pagan nations, and it was proper for Christ to teach them how to act in such cases, and to show them that they were cases of real adultery.
