Mark 10 · Verse 4

Mark 10:4

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mark 10:4, King James Version

Mark 10:4 in other translations

BSBThey answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
WEBThey said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”
ASVAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
YLTand they said, ‘Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
DARBYAnd they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.
BBEAnd they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.
WebsterAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

What does Mark 10:4 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 4.

(e) "Moses suffered" De 24:1, Mt 5:31

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 10:1-12

Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not…

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Mark 10:4 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οἱhoi<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
εἶπαν·eipanthey said;G2036
ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenPermittedG2010
ΜωϋσῆςMōusēsMosesG3475
βιβλίονbibliona rollG975
ἀποστασίουapostasiouof divorceG647
γράψαιgrapsaito writeG1125
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀπολῦσαι.apolusaito send [her] away.G630

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 10:4

  • Deuteronomy 24:1-4

    When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife. And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Matthew 5:31-32

    It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

  • Matthew 19:7

    They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

  • Matthew 1:19

    Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

  • Isaiah 50:1

    Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

  • Jeremiah 3:1

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 24:1-4; Isa 50:1; Jer 3:1; Mt 1:19; 5:31,32; 19:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 10:3

    And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

  • Mark 10:4

    And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

  • Mark 10:5

    And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

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Mark 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ellos dijeron: Moisés permitió escribir carta de divorcio, y repudiar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils dirent: Moïse a permis d’écrire une lettre de divorce, et de répudier sa femme.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie aber sagten: Moses hat gestattet, einen Scheidebrief zu schreiben und zu entlassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui dixerunt: Moyses permisit libellum repudii scribere, et dimittere.