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


In Context

4 And he answering said to them, 'Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh?

6 so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

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

8 He saith to them — 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

9 'And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit 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 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 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?