Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
Parallel translations
- WEB She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
- KJV And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
- BSB At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
- NASB Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
- NLT So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, “I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!”
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The girl returned eagerly, demanding John's head on a platter at once. Her haste and cruelty show how deeply sin had shaped the whole household.
Overview
Coached by her mother, the daughter pressed the request with chilling urgency, adding the gruesome detail of the platter. Her eagerness underscores that this was no mere whim but a calculated execution. The scene displays the corrupting power of sin passed from one generation to the next.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Num 7:13and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Num 7:19–89He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Prov 1:16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
- Rom 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood.
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