The Beheading of John
Matthew 14:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- KJV
- But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
- WEB
- But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
- ASV
- But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
- LSV
- But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod,
- YLT
- But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,
- DBY
- But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
- DRC
- But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.
- GNV
- But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read Γενεσίοις (“[The] birthday”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Γενεσίων (“[The] birthday”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γενομένοις (“having happened”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀγομένων (“being come”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: γενεσίοις δὲ γενομένοις. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γενεσίοις δὲ γενομένοις; Robinson–Pierpont read Γενεσίων δὲ ἀγομένων.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- γενεσίοις δὲ γενομένοις τοῦ Ἡρῴδου ὠρχήσατο ἡ θυγάτηρ τῆς Ἡρῳδιάδος ἐν τῷ μέσῳ καὶ ἤρεσεν τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ,
- RP2018
- Γενεσίων δὲ ἀγομένων τοῦ Ἡρῴδου, ὠρχήσατο ἡ θυγάτηρ τῆς Ἡρῳδιάδος ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, καὶ ἤρεσεν τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ·
- TR-Boyd
- Γενεσίων δὲ ἀγομένων τοῦ Ἡρῴδου, ὠρχήσατο ἡ θυγάτηρ τῆς Ἡρῳδιάδος ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, καὶ ἤρεσε τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ·
- SCR1894
- γενεσιων δε αγομενων του ηρωδου ωρχησατο η θυγατηρ της ηρωδιαδος εν τω μεσω και ηρεσεν τω ηρωδη
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- Mark 6:21–23On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests,…
- Hosea 1:5–6And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on…
- Genesis 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
- Esther 1:2–12In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa. In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there,…
- Mark 6:17For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Matthew 22:24“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Daniel 5:1–4Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar…
- Esther 2:18Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
- Luke 3:19But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
- Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
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