Genesis 2:24 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

English ASV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

English Amplified

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [Matt. 19:5; I Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31-33.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [Matt. 19:5; I Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31-33.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

English EASY 2024

Because of this, when a man marries, he leaves his father and his mother. Instead, God joins the man and his wife together. The two people become as one body.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. In this way two people become one.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.

English God's Word - GW 1995

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

English KJV 1611

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

English LSB

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

That's why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two of them will become one.

English NIV

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

English NKJ 1982

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

English NLT

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For this reason, a man leaves his father and his mother to be unselfishly attached to his wife. They become one flesh as a new family!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife in such a way that the two become one person.

English Tyndale 1537

For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

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