Romans 7:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;
  • Gen 2:23-24 : 23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; 24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
  • Num 30:7-8 : 7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established. 8 `And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which `is' on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 7:3-4
    2 verses
    93%

    3 so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

    4 So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

  • 1 Cor 7:38-40
    3 verses
    92%

    38 so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

    39 A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

    40 and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

  • Rom 7:1
    86%

    1 Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
    3 verses
    80%

    27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

    28 But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

    29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

  • 1 Cor 7:10-16
    7 verses
    80%

    10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

    11 but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

    12 And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

    13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

    14 for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

    15 And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us;

    16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1 And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,

    2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

    3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

    4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

    34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

  • Matt 22:25-28
    4 verses
    75%

    25 `And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

    26 in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the seventh,

    27 and last of all died also the woman;

    28 therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife -- for all had her?'

  • Num 30:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 `And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows `are' on her, or a wrongful utterance `on' her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

    7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.

  • Deut 24:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 `When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

    2 and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

    3 and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

  • Num 30:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 `As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

    10 `And if `in' the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

    12 and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

  • Rom 7:6
    73%

    6 and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

  • Luke 20:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 and last of all died also the woman:

    33 in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? -- for the seven had her as wife.'

  • Mark 12:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 and the seven took her, and left no seed, last of all died also the woman;

    23 in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'

  • 1 Cor 7:8
    72%

    8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am';

  • Rom 6:7
    72%

    7 for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.

  • 1 Cor 7:36
    71%

    36 and if any one doth think `it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.

  • Luke 20:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 `There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

    30 and the second took the wife, and he died childless,

  • Deut 25:5
    71%

    5 `When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;

  • Mark 10:7
    71%

    7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

  • Num 30:12
    70%

    12 `And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her.

  • Gal 2:19
    70%

    19 for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

  • Luke 16:18
    70%

    18 `Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.