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

⁷ [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].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then he swore to give her anything she asked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever 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.”