Matthew 19:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 19:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
λέγει
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
Μωϋσῆς
Mōseús
G3475
Moses
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
σκληροκαρδίαν
sklērokardía
G4641
hardness of heart
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἐπέτρεψεν
epitrépō
G2010
to entrust
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἀπολῦσαι
apolýō
G630
to release
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
γυναῖκας
gynḗ
G1135
woman
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἀπ’
apó
G575
from
ἀρχῆς
archḗ
G746
beginning
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
γέγονεν
gínomai
G1096
to become
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).