“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
King James Version (KJV)
19:5 And said - By the mouth of Adam, who uttered the words. #Gen 2:24|.
Mt 19:5 For this cause. The bond of husband and wife is stronger than that between children and parents. Be one flesh. Two lives joined into one.
And said, For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife: and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
- American Standard Version (1901)
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?
- Basic English Bible
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?
- Darby Bible
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
- Webster's Bible
and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?
- Weymouth Bible
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?'
- World English Bible
And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.
- Wycliffe Bible
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?
- Youngs Literal Bible