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OET (OET-RV) [ref]That’s the reason why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes joined with his wife and the two of them become one unit.
OET-LV For/Because this a_man will_be_leaving his father and the mother, and will_be_being_joined to_the wife of_him, and the two will_be into one flesh
SR-GNT “Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.” ‡
(“Anti toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos ton patera kai taʸn maʸtera, kai proskollaʸthaʸsetai taʸ gunaiki autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian.”)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT “Because of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
UST The scriptures say this about people who marry:
⇔ “Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and will join himself to his wife, and the two of them will become as though they were one person.”
BSB “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[fn]
5:31 Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)
MSB (Same as above including footnotes)
BLB "Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh."
AICNT For this reason a man will leave [[his]][fn] father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
5:31, his: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR
OEB For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife will become one.
WEBBE “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
LSV “For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh”;
FBV “This is why a man leaves his father and mother, and is joined to his wife, and the two are united in one.”[fn]
5:31 Quoting Genesis 2:24.
TCNT “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
T4T What someone has written in the Scriptures about people who marry is this,
¶ When a man and a woman marry, they should ◄permanently leave/no longer live with► their fathers and mothers. They should be joined as husband and wife, and the two of them shall become as though they were one [MET] person.
LEB No LEB EPH book available
BBE For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Moff No Moff EPH book available
Wymth "For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."
ASV For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
DRA For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
YLT 'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'
Drby Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
RV For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.
(For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave_or_cling to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh. )
SLT For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Wbstr For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
KJB-1769 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
KJB-1611 For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and shall be ioyned vnto his wife, and they two shalbe one flesh.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps EPH book available
Gnva For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
(For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave_or_cling to his wife, and they twain/two_or_both shall be one flesh. )
Cvdl No Cvdl EPH book available
TNT For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cotinue with his wyfe and two shalbe made one flesshe.
(For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall continue with his wife and two shall be made one flesh. )
Wycl No Wycl EPH book available
Luth No Luth EPH book available
ClVg Propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam, et adhærebit uxori suæ, et erunt duo in carne una.
(Because this will_leave human father and mother his_own, and adhærebit uxori his_own, and they_will_be two in/into/on flesh/meat una. )
UGNT ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
(anti toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos ton patera kai taʸn maʸtera, kai proskollaʸthaʸsetai taʸ gunaiki autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian.)
SBL-GNT ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος ⸀τὸν ⸀πατέρα καὶ ⸀τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται ⸂τῇ γυναικὶ⸃ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
(anti toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos ⸀ton ⸀patera kai ⸀taʸn maʸtera kai proskollaʸthaʸsetai ⸂taʸ gunaiki⸃ autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian.)
RP-GNT Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
(Anti toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos ton patera autou kai taʸn maʸtera, kai proskollaʸthaʸsetai pros taʸn gunaika autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian.)
TC-GNT Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα [fn]αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται [fn]πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
(Anti toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos ton patera autou kai taʸn maʸtera, kai proskollaʸthaʸsetai pros taʸn gunaika autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
5:31 The unity of husband and wife should motivate the husband to care for his wife.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
The quotation is from the writings of Moses in the Old Testament. The word his refers to a male believer who marries.
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ἀντὶ τούτου
for this
The connecting phrase Because of this introduces the result of a reason-result relationship. In this case, this phrase is part of a quotation from Genesis 2:24, and so the reason is not stated here, but it is stated in Genesis 2:23 that woman was created out of man. The result is that a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. If it is confusing to not state the reason, you could include a footnote that says, “the reason for this is that woman was created out of man. See Genesis 2:23”