Verse Comparison: Genesis 2:24
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.
Amplified® Bible
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.
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.
Darby English Version
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Good News Bible
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.
King James Version
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be 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 they 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 they will become one flesh.
New King James Version
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall join to his wife; and they shall 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.
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.
