Mark 6:19
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New International Version (©2011)
So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,

New Living Translation (©2007)
So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod's approval she was powerless,

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

International Standard Version (©2012)
So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't do it

NET Bible (©2006)
So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
But Herodia was threatening him and she wanted to kill him and was unable.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she wasn't allowed to do it

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

American King James Version
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

American Standard Version
And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.

Darby Bible Translation
But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

English Revised Version
And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

Weymouth New Testament
Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life, but could not;

World English Bible
Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

Young's Literal Translation
and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:14-29 Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him; but it is not enough to do many things, we must have respect to all the commandments. Herod respected John, till he touched him in his Herodias. Thus many love good preaching, if it keep far away from their beloved sin. But it is better that sinners persecute ministers now for faithfulness, than curse them eternally for unfaithfulness. The ways of God are unsearchable; but we may be sure he never can be at a loss to repay his servants for what they endure or lose for his sake. Death could not come so as to surprise this holy man; and the triumph of the wicked was short.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him,.... Was angry with him, conceived wrath, and laid up hatred against him, and was an adversary to him; which is the sense of the Oriental versions. She bore him an inward grudge, and lay in wait to take the first opportunity of dispatching him:

and would have killed him, but she could not; being hindered by Herod, who as yet would not suffer it; partly through fear of the people, and partly through the respect he had for John.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

19. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him—rather, as in the Margin, "had a grudge against him." Probably she was too proud to speak to him; still less would she quarrel with him.

and would have killed him; but she could not.

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The Beheading of John
…18For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. 19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: 20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. …

Matthew 14:3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,
Matthew 14:6 On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much