Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
New American Standard Bible
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned
King James Version
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
Holman Bible
So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man,
International Standard Version
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.
A Conservative Version
But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately.
American Standard Version
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Amplified
And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly.
An Understandable Version
Now Joseph, her husband [to be], being a man who did what was right, and not wanting to make a public spectacle out of her, decided to break off their engagement privately.
Anderson New Testament
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not choosing to make an example of her, intended to put her away privately.
Bible in Basic English
And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
Common New Testament
Then Josnt her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to put her to public shame, was resolved to divorce her quietly.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but Joseph her husband, being a good-natur'd man, and unwilling to expose her to publick shame, he designed to put her away privately.
Darby Translation
But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
Godbey New Testament
And Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wishing to expose her publicly, determined to send her away secretly.
Goodspeed New Testament
But her husband, Joseph, was an upright man and did not wish to disgrace her, and he decided to break off the engagement privately.
John Wesley New Testament
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and yet not willing to make her a publick example, purposed to put her away privily.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joseph her husband being just, and not willing to expose her to disgrace, wished to let her go in secret.
King James 2000
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, decided to put her away privately.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly.
Modern King James verseion
But Joseph, her husband to be, being just, and not willing to make her a public example, he purposed to put her away secretly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Joseph her husband, being a perfect man, and loath to make an example of her, was minded to put her away secretly.
Moffatt New Testament
As Joseph her husband was a just man but unwilling to disgrace her, he resolved to divorce her secretly;
Montgomery New Testament
But Joseph her husband, because he was just a man and unwilling to disgrace her, was minded to put her away secretly.
NET Bible
Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
New Heart English Bible
And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
Noyes New Testament
Then Joseph her husband, being righteous, and not willing to expose her to shame, purposed to put her away privately.
Sawyer New Testament
But Joseph her husband being a righteous man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing to put her away privately.
The Emphasized Bible
Moreover, Joseph her husband, being, righteous, and yet unwilling to expose her, - intended, privately, to divorce her.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to expose her publicly, designed to put her away privately.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Her husband, Joseph, was a religious man and, being unwilling to expose her to contempt, resolved to put an end to their betrothal privately.
Webster
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, purposed to put her away privately.
Weymouth New Testament
But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.
Williams New Testament
But her husband, Joseph, because he was an upright man and did not want to disgrace her, decided to break the engagement by secretly divorcing her.
World English Bible
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
Worrell New Testament
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wishing to make an example of her, purposed privately to divorce her.
Worsley New Testament
but Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was inclined to break off the contract with her privately;
Themes
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against mary
Faith » Instances of » Joseph, in obeying the vision about mary and to flee into egypt
Integrity » Instances of » Joseph » in not jealously accusing her of immorality
Jesus Christ » History of » An angel appears to joseph concerning mary (at nazareth)
Joseph » Characteristics of » Charitableness
Joseph » Husband of mary » An angel appears and testifies to the innocence of his betrothed
Kindness » Instances of » Joseph to mary
Miracles » Catalogue of » The incarnation of jesus
Interlinear
De
Ioseph
him, his, their, he, her, they, same, himself,
him, his, their, he, her, they, same, himself,
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thelo
Paradeigmatizo
Boulomai
References
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Easton
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Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 1:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Birth Of Jesus Christ
18 And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, 19 and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. 20 And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:21-24
then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father's house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring in her father's house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
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,
John 8:4-5
they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,
Genesis 6:9
These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
Genesis 38:24
And it cometh to pass about three months after, that it is declared to Judah, saying, 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, 'Bring her out -- and she is burnt.'
Leviticus 19:20
And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she is not free.
Leviticus 20:10
And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
Psalm 112:4-5
Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Mark 6:20
for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.
Mark 10:4
and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
Luke 2:25
And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,
Acts 10:22
And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'