Mark 10:2 — Compare All Translations

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

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

English ASV

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.

English Amplified

And some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him and try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss and repudiate and divorce his wife?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him and try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss and repudiate and divorce his wife?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Some Pharisees came to test him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Pharisees coming to [him] asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? (tempting him).

English EASY 2024

Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They wanted to find out how he would answer their question. They asked him, ‘Can a man send his wife away, so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that?’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to make him say something wrong. They asked him, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?"

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they asked, “does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Can a husband divorce his wife?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce [his] wife?"

English KJV 1611

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

English LSB

And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The Pharisees came to test Him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

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

The Pharisees approached and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing him.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Some Pharisees came to put him to the test. They asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"

English NIV

Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

English NKJ 1982

The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

English NLT

Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

At one point, some of the Pharisees came, seeking to entrap him with a question. “Tell us,” they asked, “is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Some Pharisees came and asked him, “Do you permit divorce?“ Of course they were trying to trap him.

English Tyndale 1537

And the pharisees came and asked him a question: whether it were lawful for a man to put away his wife: To prove him.

Mark 10:2 — Compare Translations