Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

New American Standard Bible

For John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her!”

International Standard Version

John had been telling him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

for John had said to him, “It is not lawful (morally right) for you to have her [living with you as your wife].”

An Understandable Version

For John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to be married to her."

Anderson New Testament

For John said to him: It is not lawful for you to have her.

Bible in Basic English

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

Common New Testament

because John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Daniel Mace New Testament

for John had said to him, it is not lawful for thee to have her.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

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

Goodspeed New Testament

for John said to him, "It is not right for you to be living with her."

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for you to have her.

Lexham Expanded Bible

because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."

Modern King James verseion

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

Moffatt New Testament

since John had told him, "You have no right to her."

Montgomery New Testament

because John kept telling him, "It is not right for you to have her."

NET Bible

because John had repeatedly told him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

New Heart English Bible

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.

The Emphasized Bible

for John had been saying to him, It is not allowed thee, to have her.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For John said unto him, It is unlawful for thee to have her.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For John had said to him 'You have no right to be living with her.'

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Williams New Testament

for John had said to him, "It is not right for you to have her as wife."

World English Bible

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Worrell New Testament

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Worsley New Testament

for John said to Him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: and he would have put him to death,

Youngs Literal Translation

for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

Ἰωάννης 
Ioannes 
John , John , John , John
Usage: 116

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

It is
ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful, may, let
Usage: 24

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful, may, let
Usage: 24

σοί 
Soi 
thee, thou, thy, thine own, not tr
Usage: 113

to have
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

References

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Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Herod Kills John The Baptist

3 For Herod had taken John and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, "It is not lawful for thee to have her." 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the people, because they counted him as a prophet.


Cross References

Leviticus 18:16

Thou shalt not unhele the privity of thy brother's wife, for that is thy brother's privity.

Leviticus 20:21

If a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing; he hath uncovered his brother's privities, they shall be childless therefore.

Deuteronomy 25:5-6

When brethren dwell together and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be given out unto a stranger: but her brother-in-law shall go in unto her and take her to wife and marry her.

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan said to David, "Thou art the man. Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'I anointed thee king over Israel and rid thee out of the hands of Saul.

1 Kings 21:19

And say unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: thou hast killed and thereto gotten possession.' And say moreover unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: in the place where dogs lapped the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lap even thy blood also.'"

2 Chronicles 26:18-19

And they stepped to Uzziah the king and said to him, "It pertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn cense unto the LORD; but to the priests the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to burn incense. Come out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and it shall be no worship to thee before the LORD God."

Proverbs 28:1

The ungodly fleeth, no man chasing him; but the righteous standeth stiff as a lion.

Isaiah 8:20

If any man want light, let him look upon the law and the testimony whether they speak not after this meaning.

Mark 6:18

John said unto Herod, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife."

Acts 24:24-25

And after a certain days came Felix, and his wife Drusilla which was a Jewess, and called forth Paul, and heard him of the faith which is toward Christ.

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