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Source language
Original Greek   
Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, δίκαιος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων αὐτὴν ⸀δειγματίσαι, ἐβουλήθη λάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Ioseph de o aner autes, dikaios on kai me thelon auten rdeigmatisai, eboulethe lathra apolusai auten.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
Ioseph autem vir eius cum esset iustus et nollet eam traducere voluit occulte dimittere eam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, decided to put her away privately.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
Authorized (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.
New King James Version   
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
21st Century King James Version   
And Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

Other translations
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.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But Yoseph her lord was righteous and did not want to expose her, and he was considering divorcing her secretly.
Darby Bible Translation   
But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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 Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
God's Word   
Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
International Standard Version   
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her 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 American Standard Bible   
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
New International Version   
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
New Living Translation   
Joseph, her fiance, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The 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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Joseph was a good man. He wanted to do what was right. He did not want her to become ashamed in front of people. So he decided to stop their marriage secretly.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
New Life Version   
Joseph was her promised husband. He was a good man and did not want to make it hard for Mary in front of people. He thought it would be good to break the promised marriage without people knowing it.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was of a mind to release her secretly.
The Voice Bible   
Joseph, because he was kind and upstanding and honorable, wanted to spare Mary shame. He did not wish to cause her more embarrassment than necessary.
Living Bible   
Then Joseph, her fiancé, being a man of stern principle, decided to break the engagement but to do it quietly, as he didn’t want to publicly disgrace her.
New Catholic Bible   
Her husband Joseph was a just man and did not wish to expose her to the ordeal of public disgrace; therefore, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then Joseph her husband, being just and not willing to expose her publicly, desired to leave her secretly.
Christian Standard Bible   
So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just and upright man and not willing to expose her publicly and to shame and disgrace her, decided to repudiate and dismiss (divorce) her quietly and secretly.
New Century Version   
Because Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man, he did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to divorce her secretly.
The Message   
The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they enjoyed their wedding night, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn’t know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her. So he decided to divorce her privately.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Because her husband Joseph · · was a just man and unwilling to disgrace her in public, he planned to release her quietly.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.
New Matthew Bible   
Then Joseph her husband, being an upright man, and loathe to make an example of her, was minded to put her away quietly.
Good News Translation®   
Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately.
Wycliffe Bible   
And Joseph, her husband, for he was rightful, and would not publish her, he would privily have left her.
New Testament for Everyone   
Joseph, her husband-to-be, was an upright man. He didn’t want to make a public example of her. So he decided to set the marriage aside privately.
Contemporary English Version   
Joseph was a good man and did not want to embarrass Mary in front of everyone. So he decided to quietly call off the wedding.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
The birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. When Mary was engaged to Joseph, just before their marriage, she was discovered to be pregnant—by the Holy Spirit. Whereupon Joseph, her future husband, who was a good man and did not want to see her disgraced, planned to break off the engagement quietly. But while he was turning the matter over in his mind an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife! What she has conceived is conceived through the Holy Spirit, and she will give birth to a son, whom you will call Jesus (‘the Saviour’) for it is he who will save his people from their sins.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn’t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
New American Standard Bible   
And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
The Expanded Bible   
Because Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a ·good [righteous] man, he did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to ·divorce her [end the engagement] ·secretly [privately; quietly].
Tree of Life Version   
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly.
Revised Standard Version   
and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
New International Reader's Version   
Her husband Joseph was faithful to the law. But he did not want to put her to shame in public. So he planned to divorce her quietly.
BRG Bible   
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Her husband-to-be, Yosef, was a man who did what was right; so he made plans to break the engagement quietly, rather than put her to public shame.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Joseph, the man she was to marry, was a good man. He did not want her to be made ashamed. So he planned to leave her without telling people about it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Her shidduch, Yosef [ben Dovid], being a tzaddik and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, planned to deal with the get (divorce) in a private arrangement.
Names of God Bible   
Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.
Modern English Version   
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, had in mind to divorce her privately.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to cause her public disgrace, so he planned to divorce her secretly.
International Children’s Bible   
Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to divorce her secretly.
Lexham English Bible   
So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly.
New International Version - UK   
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to publicly-expose her, intended to send her away secretly.