19and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.


In Context

16 and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

17 All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

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,

21 and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

Matthew 1:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man,] and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:19Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:19And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:19And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, purposed to put her away privately.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately.