Mark 10:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

New Living Translation
‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,

English Standard Version
‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,

Berean Study Bible
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

New American Standard Bible
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

NASB 1995
"FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

NASB 1977
“FOR THIS CAUSE A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

Amplified Bible
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER [to establish a home with his wife],

Christian Standard Bible
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

Contemporary English Version
That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married.

Good News Translation
'And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That's why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife,

International Standard Version
That's why 'a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

NET Bible
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

New King James Version
‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

King James 2000 Bible
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

New Heart English Bible
For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

World English Bible
For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

American King James Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and join to his wife;

American Standard Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

A Faithful Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;

Darby Bible Translation
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,

English Revised Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

Webster's Bible Translation
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For this cause shal a man leaue his father & mother, and cleue vnto his wife,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And for this thinges sake shall ma leve his father and mother and bide by his wyfe
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
on this account will a man leave his father and mother, and will cleave to his wife,

Berean Literal Bible
On account of this, a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

Young's Literal Translation
on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

Smith's Literal Translation
For this will a man leave his father and mother, and be attached to his wife;

Literal Emphasis Translation
On account of this, a man will leave behind his father and mother and cleave to his wife,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother; and shall cleave to his wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.”

Lamsa Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and follow his wife.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;

Godbey New Testament
On this account a man shall leave his father and his mother,

Haweis New Testament
and said, For this cause shall a man forsake father and mother, and shall adhere to his wife;

Mace New Testament
"wherefore, 'tis said, a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

Weymouth New Testament
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

Worrell New Testament
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, [and shall cleave to his wife],

Worsley New Testament
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
















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