Matthew 1:18 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Now the procreation of the Christ occurred in this way. After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to have conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
LSV Literal Standard Version
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,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner: When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child by the Holy Spirit.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Nowe the birth of Jesus Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The birth of Jesus Christ happened in the following way. His mother, Mary, was engaged to marry Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
The byrthe of Iesus Christ was on thys wyse. When hys mother Mary was betrouthed to Ioseph before they came to dwell to gedder she was foude with chylde by the holy goost.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
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,
FBV Free Bible Version
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened. His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, but before they slept together she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y la generación de Jesu-Christo fué de ésta manera: Que siendo María su madre desposada con Joseph, antes que viviesen juntos, se halló haber concebido en el vientre, de Espíritu Santo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y el nacimiento de Jesucristo fué así: Que siendo María su madre desposada con José, antes que se juntasen, se halló haber concebido del Espíritu Santo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Así fue el nacimiento de Jesucristo. Su madre, María, estaba comprometida con José. Pero antes de la boda, el Espíritu Santo hizo que quedara encinta.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Ahora bien, el nacimiento de Jesucristo fue así: Estaba su madre María comprometida con José, y antes de unirse fue hallada embarazada del Espíritu Santo.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Así fue como ocurrió el nacimiento de Jesús el Mesías: su madre, María, estaba comprometida con José, pero antes de que durmieran juntos ella quedó embarazada por obra del Espíritu Santo.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
El nacimiento de Jesucristo fue así: María, su madre, estaba comprometida para casarse con José; pero antes de que vivieran juntos, se descubrió que estaba embarazada por obra del Espíritu Santo.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γέννησις οὕτως ἦν. μνηστευθείσης γὰρ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
του δε ιησου χριστου η γεννησις ουτως ην. μνηστευθεισης γαρ της μητρος αυτου μαριας τω ιωσηφ, πριν η συνελθειν αυτους ευρεθη εν γαστρι εχουσα εκ πνευματος αγιου.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γέννησις οὕτως ἦν· μνηστευθείσης γὰρ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτούς, εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
του δε ιησου χριστου η γεννησισ ουτωσ ην μνηστευθεισησ γαρ τησ μητροσ αυτου μαριασ τω ιωσηφ πριν η συνελθειν αυτουσ ευρεθη εν γαστρι εχουσα εκ πνευματοσ αγιου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γένεσις οὕτως ἦν. μνηστευθείσης τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Τοῦ δὲ ⸀Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ ἡ ⸀γένεσις οὕτως ἦν. ⸀μνηστευθείσης τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου.
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Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Christi autem generatio sic erat: cum esset desponsata mater ejus Maria Joseph, antequam convenirent inventa est in utero habens de Spiritu Sancto.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
І҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́во ржⷭ҇тво̀ си́це бѣ̀: ѡ҆брꙋче́ннѣй бо бы́вши мт҃ри є҆гѡ̀ мр҃і́и і҆ѡ́сифови, пре́жде да́же не сни́тисѧ и҆́ма, ѡ҆брѣ́тесѧ и҆мꙋ́щи во чре́вѣ ѿ дх҃а ст҃а.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Рождество Иисуса Христа было так: по обручении Матери Его Марии с Иосифом, прежде нежели сочетались они, оказалось, что Она имеет во чреве от Духа Святаго.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Του δε Ιησού Χριστού η γέννησις ούτως ήτο. Αφού ηρραβωνίσθη η μήτηρ αυτού Μαρία μετά του Ιωσήφ, πριν συνέλθωσιν, ευρέθη εν γαστρί έχουσα εκ Πνεύματος Αγίου.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А рођење Исуса Христа било је овако: кад је Марија, мати Његова, била испрошена за Јосифа, а још док се нису били састали, нађе се да је она трудна од Духа Светог.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A rođenje Isusa Hrista bilo je ovako: kad je Marija, mati Njegova, bila isprošena za Josifa, a još dok se nisu bili sastali, nađe se da je ona trudna od Duha Svetog.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
أَمَّا وِلَادَةُ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فَكَانَتْ هَكَذَا: لَمَّا كَانَتْ مَرْيَمُ أُمُّهُ مَخْطُوبَةً لِيُوسُفَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْتَمِعَا، وُجِدَتْ حُبْلَى مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC