She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
- BSB Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
- NKJV So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”
- NASB And after being prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
- NLT At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”
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- Mark 6:24She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
- Prov 29:10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.
- 1 Kgs 18:4for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kgs 18:13Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kgs 19:2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
- 2 Kgs 11:1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
- 2 Chr 22:2–3Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
- Prov 1:16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
- Num 7:84–85This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
- Num 7:19He 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;
- Ezra 1:9This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
- 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;
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