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Mark 6:19
Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, and would haue killed him, but she could not:
Mark 6:19 · Geneva Bible
Mark 6:19 in other translations
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
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In context
16 So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod him selfe had sent forth, and had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, which was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.
18 For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.
19 Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, and would haue killed him, but she could not:
20 For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile:
22 And the daughter of the same Herodias came in, and daunced, and pleased Herod, and them that sate at table together, the King sayd vnto the mayde, Aske of me what thou wilt, and I will giue it thee.
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