Matthew 12:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁹ He will not be contentious nor shout out [loudly]. Neither will anyone hear His voice [raised] in the streets.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ He shall not strive, nor cry; Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ He will not strive or wrangle or cry out loudly; nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ He won’t argue or shout, and nobody will hear his voice in the streets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

Matthew 12:19 Cross References

Matthew 11:29

Accept my reins [on your life], and learn about me, because I am gentle and humble, and [in my service] you will experience rest in your spirits.

Matthew 12:20

He will not [even] break a wilted stalk or put out a smoldering [lamp] wick until He exercises judgment [upon mankind through the Gospel] in order to bring about victory [i.e., in people’s lives].

Luke 17:20

And when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered them; “The kingdom of God will not come the way you are looking for it.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I Paul, who am humble [when speaking] face to face with you, but bold when I am away from you, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ [Note: This means either Paul was imitating Christ’s behavior or that the Corinthians were to do so]: