Matthew
King James Version (KJV)


“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”
King James Version (KJV)
1:19 A just man - A strict observer of the law: therefore not thinking it right to keep her.
Mt 1:19 Joseph her husband. Betrothal, according to the law (De 22:23,24), made him her husband before marriage. A just [man]. Righteous and humane. To put her away publicly was to expose her to the penalty of death. Probably she had made her defense to him, but her story was so wonderful that he was in doubt. Privily. Give her a bill of divorce. See De 24:1.
Then Ioseph her husband being a iust man, and not willing to make her a publique example, was minded to put her away priuily.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
- Darby Bible
Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
- English Revised Version
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
- World English Bible