So says Jehovah, Where is your mother's bill of divorce, whom I have put away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother is put away for your sins.
Matthew 19:7 - Modern King James Version They said to Him, Why did Moses then command to give a bill of divorce and to put her away? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife? [Deut. 24:1-4.] American Standard Version (1901) They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? Common English Bible The Pharisees said to him, “Then why did Moses command us to give a divorce certificate and divorce her?” Catholic Public Domain Version They said to him, "Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away? |
So says Jehovah, Where is your mother's bill of divorce, whom I have put away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother is put away for your sins.
And I saw, when for all the causes for which backsliding Israel committed adultery, I sent her away and gave a bill of divorce to her, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she went and whored, she also.
Jehovah, the God of Israel, says He hates sending away; and to cover with violence on his garment, says Jehovah of Hosts. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously.
But Joseph, her husband to be, being just, and not willing to make her a public example, he purposed to put her away secretly.
Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.
He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.
It was also said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
And they said, Moses allowed a bill of divorce to be written, and to put her away.