6But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;


In Context

3 For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

4 For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

5 And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

6 But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

7 whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

8 But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

Matthew 14:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:6On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.