Mark 6:26
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
In context
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.
28 The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
Mark 6:26 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
- KJV King James Version
- And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
- WEB World English Bible
- The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the king — made very sorrowful — because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king, [while] made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with [him] would not break his word with her.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the king was exceeding sorry: yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.