This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh.
Deuteronomy 24:5 - Tree of Life Version “When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army or have any duty passed over to him. He is to be free at home for one year and make his wife happy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. American Standard Version (1901) When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken. Common English Bible A newly married man doesn’t have to march in battle. Neither should any related duties be placed on him. He is to live free of such responsibilities for one year, so he can bring joy to his new wife. Catholic Public Domain Version When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him: but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife. |
This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh.
May your fountain be blessed and may you delight in the wife of your youth.
Live joyously with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life that He has given you under the sun during all your fleeting days—for this is your portion in life and in your toil that you labor under the sun.
But this I say, brothers and sisters—the time is short. From now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
What man has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? Let him go back to his house—otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would marry her.’
“No one is to take a pair of millstones or the upper one as collateral, for this would be taking a livelihood as collateral.