And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.
And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.
And the king was exceeding sorry: yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.
For their sakes which sat with him - Probably these persons joined in with the request, and were glad of this opportunity to get this light of Israel extinguished; he being a public reprover of all their vices.
6:26 Yet for his oath's sake, and for the sake of his guests - Herod's honour was like the conscience of the chief priests, 27:6 . To shed innocent blood wounded neither onenor the other.