for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
Parallel translations
- KJV Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
- BSB Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
- NKJV Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
- NASB for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake.
- NLT And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Gen 2:18Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
- Gen 2:23–24The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
- Gen 2:20The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
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