Wives and Husbands
Ephesians 5:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)
- KJV
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
- WEB
- “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
- ASV
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
- LSV
- “For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh”;
- YLT
- 'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'
- DBY
- Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
- DRC
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
- GNV
- For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸν (“the”); Tregelles do not include this wording (2 places).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include πρὸς (“to”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὴν (“the”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read τῇ (“the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γυναῖκα (“wife”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read γυναικὶ (“wife”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῦ (“of him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: τὸν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τὸν; Tregelles omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: πατέρα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πατέρα; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτοῦ.
- SBLGNT: τὴν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τὴν; Tregelles omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: τῇ γυναικὶ. Tregelles read τῇ γυναικὶ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
- RP2018
- Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
- SCR1894
- αντι τουτου καταλειψει ανθρωπος τον πατερα αυτου και την μητερα και προσκολληθησεται προς την γυναικα αυτου και εσονται οι δυο εις σαρκα μιαν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- Mark 10:7–8‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).