Mark 6:25
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
In context
23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
24 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25 At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
26 The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
27 So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.
Mark 6:25 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
- KJV King James Version
- And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
- WEB World English Bible
- She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And she came in forthwith with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou shouldst give me, immediately, in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.