7They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send her away?


In Context

4 But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,

5 and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

6 so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

7 They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send her away?

8 He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.

9 But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

Matthew 19:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:7"Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:7They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7They say to him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7They asked him, |Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:7They say to him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorce, and to put her away?