Matthew 19:10

New Living Translation

Jesus' disciples then said to him, "If this is the case, it is better not to marry!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
His disciples said to him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry.”

King James Version (1611)
His disciples say vnto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marrie.

King James Version
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

English Standard Version
The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

New American Standard Bible
The disciples said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."

New Century Version
The followers said to him, "If that is the only reason a man can divorce his wife, it is better not to marry."

Amplified Bible
The disciples said to Jesus, "If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The disciples said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."

Legacy Standard Bible
The disciples *said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."

Berean Standard Bible
His disciples said to Him, "If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry."

Contemporary English Version
The disciples said, "If that's how it is between a man and a woman, it's better not to get married."

Complete Jewish Bible
The talmidim said to him, "If that is how things are between husband and wife, it would be better not to marry!"

Darby Translation
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Easy-to-Read Version
The followers said to Jesus, "If that is the only reason a man can divorce his wife, it is better not to marry."

George Lamsa Translation
His disciples said to him, If there is so much scandal between man and woman, it is not worthwhile to marry.

Good News Translation
His disciples said to him, "If this is how it is between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry."

Lexham English Bible
The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry!"

Literal Translation
His disciples said to Him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

American Standard Version
The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

Bible in Basic English
The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

Hebrew Names Version
His talmidim said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

International Standard Version
His disciples said to him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"Proverbs 21:19;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
His disciples say to him, If thus be the case between the man and the woman, it is not expedient to take a wife.

Murdock Translation
His disciples say to him: If such is the case between man and wife, it is not expedient to take a wife.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, [then] is it not good to mary.

English Revised Version
The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

World English Bible
His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
His disciples say to him, If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.

Weymouth's New Testament
"If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His disciplis seien to him, If the cause of a man with a wijf is so, it spedith not to be weddid.

Update Bible Version
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

Webster's Bible Translation
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man is so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

New English Translation
The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!"

New King James Version
His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

New Life Bible
His followers said to Him, "If that is the way of a man with his wife, it is better not to be married."

New Revised Standard
His disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The disciples say unto him - If, so, is the cause of the husband with the wife, it is not expedient to marry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.

Revised Standard Version
The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde his disciples to him: yf the mater be so betwene man and wyfe then is it not good to mary.

Young's Literal Translation
His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde his disciples vnto him: Yf ye matter be so betwene ma and wife, the is it not good to mary.

Mace New Testament (1729)
thereupon his disciples said, if the case between man and wife be such, it is best not to marry.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus' disciples objected, "If those are the terms of marriage, we're stuck. Why get married?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboys on his crew said, "Man, if that's the case, we all ought to stay bachelors!"

Contextual Overview

³ Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?" ⁴ "Haven't you read the Scriptures?" Jesus replied. "They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.'" ⁵ And he said, "‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.' ⁶ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together." ⁷ "Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?" they asked. ⁸ Jesus replied, "Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended. ⁹ And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful." ¹⁰ Jesus' disciples then said to him, "If this is the case, it is better not to marry!" ¹¹ "Not everyone can accept this statement," Jesus said. "Only those whom God helps. ¹² Some are born as eunuchs, some have been made eunuchs by others, and some choose not to marry for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 2:18, Proverbs 5:15-19, Proverbs 18:22, Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19, 1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:26-28, 1 Corinthians 7:32-35, 1 Corinthians 7:39, 1 Corinthians 7:40, 1 Timothy 4:3, 1 Timothy 5:11-15

Gill's Notes on the Bible

His disciples say unto him,.... Being surprised at this account of things, it being quite contrary to what they had been taught, and very different from the general practice and usage of their nation:

if the case of a man be so with his wife; if they are so closely joined together in marriage; if they are, as it were, one flesh, or one body, that a man's wife is himself: that the bond between them is so inviolable, that it is not to be dissolved, but in case of adultery; that if a separation be made by a bill of divorce, in any other case, and either party marry again, they are guilty of adultery; if a man cannot part with his wife lawfully, provided she be chaste, and is faithful to his bed, let her be what she will otherwise, though ever so disagreeable in her person, and troublesome in her behaviour; though she may be passionate, and a brawler; though she may be drunken, luxurious, and extravagant, and mind not the affairs of her family, yet if she is not an adulteress, must not be put away:

it is not good to marry; it would be more expedient and advisable for a man to live always a single life, than to run the risk of marrying a woman, that may prove very disagreeable and uncomfortable; to whom he must be bound all the days of his or her life, and, in such a case, not to be able to relieve and extricate himself. This they said under the prejudice of a national law and custom, which greatly prevailed, and under the influence of a carnal heart.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His disciples say ... - The disciples were full of Jewish notions. They thought that the privilege of divorcing a wife when there was a quarrelsome disposition, or anything else that rendered the marriage unhappy, was a great privilege; and that in such cases to be always bound to live with a wife was a great calamity. They said, therefore, that if such was the case - such the condition on which people married - it was better not to marry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 19:10. If the case of the man — του ανθρωπου, of a husband, so I think the word should be translated here. The Codex Bezae, Armenian, and most of the Itala, have του ανδρος, which, perhaps, more properly signifies a husband, though both words are used in this sense.

Our word husband comes from the Anglo-Saxon, hus and band: the bond of the house, anciently spelt housebond, - so in my old MS. Bible. It is a lamentable case when the husband, instead of being the bond and union of the family, scatters and ruins it by dissipation, riot, and excess.

It is not good to marry. — That is, if a man have not the liberty to put away his wife when she is displeasing to him. God had said, Genesis 2:18, It is not good for man to be alone, i.e. unmarried. The disciples seem to say, that if the husband have not the power to divorce his wife when she is displeasing to him, it is not good for him to marry. Here was a flat contradiction to the decision of the Creator. There are difficulties and trials in all states; but let marriage and celibacy be weighed fairly, and I am persuaded the former will be found to have fewer than the latter. However, before we enter into an engagement which nothing but death can dissolve, we had need to act cautiously, carefully consulting the will and word of God. Where an unbridled passion, or a base love of money, lead the way, marriage is sure to be miserable.