19Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.


In Context

16 Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.

17 For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

19 Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.

20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.

21 And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.

Mark 6:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:19So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:19And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:19But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:19And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:19Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: