Other translations
American Standard Version
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Darby Bible Translation
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Wherefore a man shall leave 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
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
God's Word
That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.
International Standard Version
(Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.)
NET Bible
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
New American Standard Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
New International Version
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
New Living Translation
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
The World English Bible
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
EasyEnglish Bible
Because of 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 as one body.
Young‘s Literal Translation
therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
New Life Version
For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother, and will be joined to his wife. And they will become one flesh.
The Voice Bible
Now this is the reason a man leaves his father and his mother, and is united with his wife; and the two become one flesh.
Living Bible
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife in such a way that the two become one person.
New Catholic Bible
This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
Christian Standard Bible
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
New Century Version
So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.
The Message
The Man said, “Finally! Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh! Name her Woman for she was made from Man.” Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh. The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will remain united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Good News Translation®
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.
Wycliffe Bible
Wherefore a man shall forsake [his] father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be twain in one flesh [and two shall be in one flesh].
Contemporary English Version
That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Common English Bible © 2011
This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh.
Amplified Bible © 2015
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.
New American Standard Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
The Expanded Bible
So a man will leave his father and mother [C in the sense of a new primary loyalty] and be united with his wife, and the two will become one ·body [T flesh].
Tree of Life Version
This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
New International Reader's Version
That’s why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. The two of them become one.
BRG Bible
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Therefore shall an ish leave his av and his em, and shall cleave unto his isha: and they shall be basar echad.
Names of God Bible
That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Modern English Version
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Easy-to-Read Version
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. In this way two people become one.
International Children’s Bible
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
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.
New International Version - UK
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.