Romans 7:2
1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- KJV
- For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
- WEB
- For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
- ASV
- For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
- DARBY
- For the married woman is bound by law to her husband so long as he is alive; but if the husband should die, she is clear from the law of the husband:
- BLB
- For the married woman is bound by law to the living husband; but if the husband should die, she is released from the law of the husband.
- ÅB
- Den gifte kvinnen er jo bundet ved loven til mannen sin så lenge han lever. Men dersom mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som bant henne til mannen.
- OTB
- For eksempel er en gift kvinne juridisk bundet til sin mann mens han lever; men hvis mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som binder henne til ham.
- B1930
- Den gifte kvinne er jo ved loven bundet til sin mann så lenge han lever; men dersom mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som bandt henne til mannen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:23–24
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Read in contextNumbers 30:7–8
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
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