Romans 7:2

Release from the Law

1Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?2For 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.3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.

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Berean Standard Bible
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Free Bible Version
For example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he's alive, but if he dies, she's released from this legal obligation to him.
Geneva Bible 1599
For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
For example, a woman is required by the law {the law requires a woman} to obey and be faithful to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is freed from having to {no longer has to} obey the law about remaining married to her husband.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For the married woman is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
Noah Webster Bible
For the woman who hath a husband, is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband is dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
World English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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;