Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Mark 10:4 - English Standard Version 2016 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. |
Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
“If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?”