Mark 10:9

Mark 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Context of Mark 10:9

7For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother [to establish a home with his wife], 8and the two shall become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but [are united as] one flesh. Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce].” 10In the house the disciples began questioning Him again about this. 11And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;

Mark 10:9 word by word

ὃ οὖν ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath joined togetherσυζεύγνυμιsuzeugnumi · to joinG4801
• letχωρίζωchōrizō · to separate/leaveG5563
• notμήmē · notG3361
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Mark 10:9

• Romans 7:1Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the Law), that the Law has jurisdiction [to rule] over a person as long as he lives?
• 1 Chronicles 7:10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Commentaries on Mark 10:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12. Mark 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9God allowed divorce because people’s hearts were hard, meaning they would not obey God. But the passages that Jesus quotes from the law of Moses show God’s true plan for marriage (Genesis 1:27; 2:23–24; see also Malachi 2:16). These passages show that God values marriage. In marriage, a man and woman form a new union, and the two become one. People should not go against God’s will by separating what God has joined together.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 10:9

• Commandments
• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Divorce
• Lordship
• Mock
• Pentateuch
• Ransom
• Resort
• Asunder
• Divorce in the New Testament

Commentaries on Mark 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings