Mark 6:18
World English Bible (WEB)
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
In context
16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”
17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
18 For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
19 Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
Mark 6:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
- KJV King James Version
- For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for John said to Herod — 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.