Mark 6:25
World English Bible (WEB)
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.”
In context
23 He swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
25 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.”
26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
27 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Mark 6:25 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.