Loading…

Mark 10:7–9

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,b and the two will become one flesh.’c o So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Read more Explain verse



Mark 10:7–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Mark 10:7–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Mark 10:7–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

Mark 10:7–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Mark 10:7–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.’ So there are not two, but one. God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them.”

Mark 10:7–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Mark 10:7–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

Mark 10:7–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one. So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, don’t let anyone separate what God has joined together.” 

Mark 10:7–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For this reason a man will leave

his father and mother

[and be joined to his wife],

and the two will become one flesh.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

Mark 10:7–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Mark 10:7–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

Mark 10:7–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two of them will become one.’ They are no longer two, but one. So a man must not separate what God has joined together.”

Mark 10:7–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,

and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”


A service of Logos Bible Software