Mark 10:9

9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Mark 10:9 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
English Standard Version (ESV)
9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
New Living Translation (NLT)
9 let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
9 Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart."
American Standard Version (ASV)
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
9 Therefore, don't let anyone separate what God has joined together."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
9 Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
9 So a man must not separate what God has joined together."

Mark 10:9 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:9

What therefore God hath joined together
(See Gill on Matthew 19:6).

Mark 10:9 In-Context

7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

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