Matthew 14:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[Herod was so pleased with her performance that] he promised, with an oath, to give her whatever she asked for [i.e., with limitations. See Mark 6:23].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

American Standard Version (1901)

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

Common English Bible

Then he swore to give her anything she asked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask of him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.

Matthew 14:7 Cross References

Matthew 14:6

But when Herod’s birthday came, Herodias’ daughter [Note: According to Josephus, her name was Salome], pleased him by [her sensual] dancing in front of the party guests.

Matthew 14:8

Her mother persuaded her to say, “Give me the head of John, the Immerser, here on this [large] platter.”