Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For John said to Herod, That it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
New American Standard Bible
For John had been saying to Herod, “
King James Version
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Holman Bible
John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful
International Standard Version
John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
A Conservative Version
For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife.
American Standard Version
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Amplified
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful [under Mosaic Law] for you to have your brother’s wife.”
An Understandable Version
For John had said to Herod, "It is unlawful for you to marry your brother's wife."
Anderson New Testament
For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Bible in Basic English
For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
Common New Testament
For John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Daniel Mace New Testament
upon which John told him, "it is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Darby Translation
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
Godbey New Testament
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
Goodspeed New Testament
John said to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."
John Wesley New Testament
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife.
King James 2000
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."
Modern King James verseion
and John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
John said unto Herod, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife."
Moffatt New Testament
John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife."
Montgomery New Testament
For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."
NET Bible
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
New Heart English Bible
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Noyes New Testament
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife.
Sawyer New Testament
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
The Emphasized Bible
For John had been saying to Herod - It is not allowed thee, to have, the wife of thy brother.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For John had said to Herod--'You have no right to be living with your brother's wife.'
Webster
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Weymouth New Testament
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife."
Williams New Testament
For John kept saying to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."
World English Bible
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Worrell New Testament
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Worsley New Testament
For John had said to Herod, it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Youngs Literal Translation
for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'
Themes
Adultery » Instances of » Herod
Christian ministers » Faithful » John the baptist
Hatred » Examples of » Herodias
Herod » Tetrarch of galilee (herod antipas) » Beheads john the baptist
Herod » Tetrarch of galilee (herod antipas) » Incest of
Incest » Instances of » Herod antipas
John » Reproves herod antipas on account of his incest; herod imprisons him, and beheads him
Martyrdom » Instances of » John the baptist
Politics » Women in » Herodias, in influencing the administration of herod
Reproof » Despised » By herodias
Women » Instances of » Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with herod antipas
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 6:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Herod Kills John The Baptist
17 For this Herod, having sent, took John, and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: for he married her. 18 For John said to Herod, That it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 19 And Herodias had a grudge against him, and desired to kill him; and could not:
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 18:16
The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou shalt not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 20:21
And a man who shall take his brother's wife, it is uncleanness: he uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall die childless.
1 Kings 22:14
And Micaiah will say, Jehovah lives, for what Jehovah shall say to me I will speak it.
Ezekiel 3:18-19
In my saying to the unjust, Dying, thou shalt die; and thou admonished him not, and thou spakest not to admonish the unjust from his way of injustice to preserve him alive; this unjust one shall die in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from thy hand.
Matthew 14:3-4
For Herod, having seized John, bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife:
Acts 20:26-27
Wherefore I testify to you in this day, that I pure from the blood of all.
Acts 24:24-26
And after certain days, Felix, having been present with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, sent for Paul and heard him of the faith in Christ.