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Source language
Original Greek   
ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος ⸀τὸν ⸀πατέρα καὶ ⸀τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται ⸂τῇ γυναικὶ⸃ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
anti toutou kataleipsei anthropos rton rpatera kai rten metera kai proskollethesetai [?]te gunaiki[?] autou, kai esontai oi duo eis sarka mian.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam et adherebit uxori suae et erunt duo in carne una

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
21st Century King James Version   
“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.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Therefore, a man should leave his father and his mother and should cleave to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh.
Darby Bible Translation   
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.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
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.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
God's Word   
That's why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
International Standard Version   
"That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
NET Bible   
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.
New American Standard Bible   
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
New International Version   
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
New Living Translation   
As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
Weymouth New Testament   
"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."
The World English Bible   
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."
EasyEnglish Bible   
The Bible says this: ‘When a man marries, he leaves his father and his mother. Instead, God joins the man and his wife together. The two people become like one body.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`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;'
New Life Version   
For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother when he gets married and be joined to his wife. The two become one.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cling to his wife. And the two shall be one flesh.
The Voice Bible   
“And this is the reason a man leaves his father and his mother and is united with his wife; the two come together as one flesh.”
Living Bible   
(That the husband and wife are one body is proved by the Scripture, which says, “A man must leave his father and mother when he marries so that he can be perfectly joined to his wife, and the two shall be one.”)
New Catholic Bible   
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
Christian Standard Bible   
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
New Century Version   
The Scripture says, “So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.”
The Message   
No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will be one flesh.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to · his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
New Matthew Bible   
On this account must a man leave father and mother and continue with his wife, and the two will be made one flesh.
Good News Translation®   
As the scripture says, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.”
Wycliffe Bible   
For this thing a man shall forsake his father and mother, and he shall draw to his wife; and they shall be twain in one flesh [and he shall cleave to his wife; and they shall be two in one flesh].
New Testament for Everyone   
“That’s why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh.”
Contemporary English Version   
As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Men ought to give their wives the love they naturally have for their own bodies. The love a man gives his wife is the extending of his love for himself to enfold her. Nobody ever hates or neglects his own body; he feeds and looks after it. And that is what Christ does for his body, the Church. And we are all members of that body, we are his flesh and blood! ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’. The marriage relationship is doubtless a great mystery, but I am speaking of something deeper still—the marriage of Christ and his Church. In practice what I have said amounts to this: let every one of you who is a husband love his wife as he loves himself; let the wife reverence her husband.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
This is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two of them will be one body.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
“For this reason a man shall leave [his] father and [his] mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
New American Standard Bible   
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
The Expanded Bible   
The Scripture says, “·So [For this reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be ·united [joined] with his wife, and the two will become one ·body [flesh; Gen. 2:24].”
Tree of Life Version   
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Revised Standard Version   
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
New International Reader's Version   
Scripture says, “That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one.” (Genesis 2:24)
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“Therefore a man will leave his father and mother and remain with his wife, and the two will become one.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The holy writings say `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother. He shall be joined to his wife, and the two of them shall be like one person.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
AL KEN YA’AZAV ISH ES AVIV V’ES IMMO V’DAVAK BE’ISHTO V’HAYU LEVASAR ECHAD ("Because of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to the wife of him and the two will be one basar.") [BERESHIS 2:24]
Names of God Bible   
That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one.
Modern English Version   
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
The Scriptures say, “That is why a man will leave his father and mother and join his wife, and the two people will become one.”
International Children’s Bible   
The Scripture says, “So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife. And the two people will become one body.”
Lexham English Bible   
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
New International Version - UK   
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
“For this cause a man shall leave-behind his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two will be one flesh” [Gen 2:24].