The Beheading of John
Mark 6:26
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
- KJV
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- LSV
- And the king, made very sorrowful because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, would not put her away,
- YLT
- And the king — made very sorrowful — because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,
- DBY
- 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.
- DRC
- And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:
- GNV
- Then the King was very sory: yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate at table with him, he would not refuse her.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀνακειμένους (“reclining with [him]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read συνανακειμένους (“dining with [him]”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀθετῆσαι elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἀνακειμένους. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀνακειμένους; Robinson–Pierpont read συνανακειμένους.
- SBLGNT: ἀθετῆσαι αὐτήν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀθετῆσαι αὐτήν; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτὴν ἀθετῆσαι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ περίλυπος γενόμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς διὰ τοὺς ὅρκους καὶ τοὺς ἀνακειμένους οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἀθετῆσαι αὐτήν·
- RP2018
- Καὶ περίλυπος γενόμενος ὁ βασιλεύς, διὰ τοὺς ὅρκους καὶ τοὺς συνανακειμένους οὐκ ἠθέλησεν αὐτὴν ἀθετῆσαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ περίλυπος γενόμενος ὁ βασιλεύς, διὰ τοὺς ὅρκους καὶ τοὺς συνανακειμένους οὐκ ἠθέλησεν αὐτὴν ἀθετῆσαι.
- SCR1894
- και περιλυπος γενομενος ο βασιλευς δια τους ορκους και τους συνανακειμενους ουκ ηθελησεν αυτην αθετησαι
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