Matthew 19:7
World English Bible (WEB)
They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
In context
5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?
6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
7 They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
Matthew 19:7 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
- KJV King James Version
- They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?
- WBS Webster Bible
- They say to him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?