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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

World English Bible (WEB)

Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

King James Version (KJV)

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Have you been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Estás ligado á mujer? no procures soltarte. ¿Estás suelto de mujer? no procures mujer.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Desde luego, al que esté casado no se le ocurra divorciarse. Pero si no lo está, mejor es que no se apure a casarse.

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