Mark 6:19
World English Bible (WEB)
Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
In context
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.
21 Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
Mark 6:19 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: