THUS saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? Or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you? Behold, you are sold for your iniquities: and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.
Mark 10:4 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. [Deut. 24:1-4.] American Standard Version (1901) And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. Common English Bible They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a divorce certificate and to divorce his wife.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they said, "Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her." English Standard Version 2016 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” |
THUS saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? Or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you? Behold, you are sold for your iniquities: and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.
It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? Shall not that woman be polluted and defiled? But thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers. Nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.
Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?