OET interlinear MARK 10:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἕνεκεν τούτου

on_account ˱of˲_this

The pronoun this refers to what the previous verse includes about how God created people male and female (see 10:6). If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to those ideas more directly. Alternate translation: “Because God created people that way”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα

/will_be/_leaving /a/_man the father ˱of˲_him and the mother

The word man represents men in general in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “men will leave their fathers and mothers” or “men will leave their parents”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος

/will_be/_leaving /a/_man

Here the author of the quotation implies that this happens when the man gets married. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “when he gets married, a man will leave”

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

καταλείψει

/will_be/_leaving

Here Jesus uses the future tense to speak about something that is generally true. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use whatever tense is most naturally for expressing a general truth. Alternate translation: “leaves”

Note 5 topic: translate-textvariants

καὶ τὴν μητέρα

and the mother

Many ancient manuscripts do not include any words after and mother. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts include the words “and will be joined to his wife” after and mother. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.