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


In Context

4 He answered, |Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

5 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join 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 bill 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send 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 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?