MAT 19:8 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) “It was because of your hard hearts that Moses allowed you to send away your wife,” Yeshua answered, “but it wasn’t like that at the beginning.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT He says to them, “Because of your hardness of heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not that way.

UST Jesus answered, “Moses knew that you were unwilling to obey. That is why in the Law he permitted you to divorce your wives. However, when God first created everything, that is not what he intended.”

BSB § Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

BLB He says to them, "In view of your hardness of heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives; but it was not this way from the beginning.

AICNT He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

OEB ‘Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,’ answered Jesus, ‘permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.

WEB He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

NET Jesus said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

LSV He says to them, “Moses for your stiffness of heart permitted you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

FBV “Because of your hard-hearted attitude Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but it wasn't like that in the beginning,” Jesus replied.

TCNT He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

T4T He said to them, “It was because your ancestors stubbornly wanted their own way that Moses allowed them to divorce their wives, and you are no different from them. But when God first [MTY] created a man and a woman, he did not intend for them to separate.

LEB He said to them, “Moses, with reference to your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not like this.

BBE He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

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ASV He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

DRA He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

YLT He saith to them — 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

DBY He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.

RV He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

WBS He saith to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

KJB He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

BB He sayde vnto them: Moyses, because of the hardnes of your heartes, suffred you to put away your wyues: But from the begynnyng it was not so.
(He said unto them: Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: But from the beginning it was not so.)

GNV He sayd vnto them, Moses, because of the hardnesse of your heart, suffered you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so.
(He said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your heart, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. )

CB He sayde vnto the: Moses (because of ye hardnes of yor hertes) suffred you to put awaye youre wyues: Neuertheles fro the begynnynge it hath not bene so.
(He said unto the: Moses (because of ye/you_all hardness of yor hearts) suffered you to put away your(pl) wives: Nevertheless from the beginning it hath/has not been so.)

TNT He sayde vnto them: Moses because of the hardnes of youre hertes suffred you to put awaye youre wyfes: But from the beginnynge it was not so.
(He said unto them: Moses because of the hardness of your(pl) hearts suffered you to put away your(pl) wifes: But from the beginning it was not so. )

WYC And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so.
(And he said to them, For Moses, for the hardness of your(pl) heart, suffered you leave your(pl) wives; but from the beginning it was not so.)

LUT Er sprach zu ihnen: Mose hat euch erlaubt, zu scheiden von euren Weibern, von eures Herzens Härtigkeit wegen; von Anbeginn aber ist‘s nicht also gewesen.
(Er spoke to ihnen: Mose has you erlaubt, to scheiden from yours womenn, from eures Herzens Härtigkeit wegen; from Anbeginn but ist‘s not also gewesen.)

CLV Ait illis: Quoniam Moyses ad duritiam cordis vestri permisit vobis dimittere uxores vestras: ab initio autem non fuit sic.
(Ait illis: Quoniam Moyses to duritiam cordis vestri permisit to_you to_release uxores vestras: away initio however not/no fuit sic. )

UGNT λέγει αὐτοῖς, ὅτι Μωϋσῆς πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν, ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν ἀπολῦσαι τὰς γυναῖκας ὑμῶν; ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτως.
(legei autois, hoti Mōusaʸs pros taʸn sklaʸrokardian humōn, epetrepsen humin apolusai tas gunaikas humōn? ap’ arⱪaʸs de ou gegonen houtōs.)

SBL-GNT λέγει αὐτοῖς ὅτι Μωϋσῆς πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν ἀπολῦσαι τὰς γυναῖκας ὑμῶν, ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτως.
(legei autois hoti Mōusaʸs pros taʸn sklaʸrokardian humōn epetrepsen humin apolusai tas gunaikas humōn, apʼ arⱪaʸs de ou gegonen houtōs. )

TC-GNT Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὅτι [fn]Μωσῆς πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν ἀπολῦσαι τὰς γυναῖκας ὑμῶν· ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτω.
(Legei autois hoti Mōsaʸs pros taʸn sklaʸrokardian humōn epetrepsen humin apolusai tas gunaikas humōn; ap᾽ arⱪaʸs de ou gegonen houtō.)

19:8 μωσης ¦ μωυσης CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

λέγει

˱he˲_/is/_saying

To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “He said”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν

for the hard_heart ˱of˲_you_all

Here, the phrase your hardness of heart refers to obstinacy or unwillingness to listen and obey. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Because you are hardheaded” or “Because you are so stubborn”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς

from /the/_beginning

Here, the phrase from the beginning refers to when God created everything that exists. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. See how you translated this phrase in 19:4. Alternate translation: “at the beginning of the world” or “at the beginning of creation”

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