Matthew Chapter 12 verse 19 Holy Bible
He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.
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His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.
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He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;
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He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
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He will not strive, nor shout; Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
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he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - He shall not strive, nor cry. In Isaiah the clause is, "He shall not cry aloud nor lift up his voice (לא יצעק ולא ישא);" and so the LXX. But "strive" would represent one very frequent connotation of "cry aloud" and its synonyms, for in Eastern lands disputants use their voice much more loudly than we do. This close connexion between the two ideas is seen also in the Syriac Version of Isaiah,. where "lift up his voice" is translated narib, a word meaning primarily "he shall strive," and only secondarily "he shall lift up his voice." It is possible, but not probable, that Matthew's "strive" is taken directly from narib, adopting its primary and commoner meaning, and transposed. Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A slight paraphrase of the original, "nor cause his voice to he heard in the street," perhaps due to different vocalization of the Hebrew.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) He shall not strive, nor cry.--The words point to the pervading calmness which had impressed itself upon the mind of the Evangelist, and which stood out in marked contrast to the wrangling of Jewish scribes, the violence of Roman officers, yet more, it may be, to that of false prophets and leaders of revolt, such as Judas of Galilee had been. St. Matthew had probably known something of each of those types of character, and felt how different that of the Christ was from all of them.
