Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.

王便忧愁，但因他所起的誓，又因同席的人，就吩咐给她；

王就忧愁，然而因他所发的誓，又因同席的人，就下令给她；

王就忧愁，然而因他所发的誓，又因同席的人，就下令给她；

希律感到为难，但既然在众宾客面前起了誓，只好下令给她。

王就忧愁，但因为誓言和在座的宾客，就下令给她。

王就忧忧愁愁，但因所起的誓，又因一同坐席的人，就下令给她。

王便憂愁，但因他所起的誓，又因同席的人，就吩咐給她；

王就憂愁，然而因他所發的誓，又因同席的人，就下令給她；

王就憂愁，然而因他所發的誓，又因同席的人，就下令給她；

希律感到為難，但既然在眾賓客面前起了誓，只好下令給她。

王就憂愁，但因為誓言和在座的賓客，就下令給她。

王很憂愁，只因有了起誓的話和一同坐席的人，就發命令要給；

王就憂憂愁愁，但因所起的誓，又因一同坐席的人，就下令給她。

王憂、然以誓故、又以同筵者在、乃命予之、

王憂、然既誓、又以同席者在、乃命賜之、

王憂、奈已發誓、又因同席者在、乃命予之、

王愀然不樂、然礙於所誓、及在席諸賓、乃准其所請、

The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted

The king was very upset. But he thought of his promise and his dinner guests. So he told one of his men to give her what she asked for.

And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.

Then the king regretted what he had said; but because of the vow he had made in front of his guests, he issued the necessary orders.

And although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths and his dinner guests.

And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her.

And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;

Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.

And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded[ it] to be given[ her].

Although it grieved the king, because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

He said to them,“ Go tell that fox,‘ Look, I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.’

So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them,“ Who is it you want me to release for you— Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”For he knew it was because of envy that they had handed him over.While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him,“ Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.”The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.The governor asked them,“ Which of the two do you want me to release for you?”“ Barabbas!” they answered.Pilate asked them,“ What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all answered,“ Crucify him!”Then he said,“ Why? What has he done wrong?” But they kept shouting all the more,“ Crucify him!”When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said,“ I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”All the people answered,“ His blood be on us and on our children!”Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified.

He announced,“ May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders,“ Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. Then he said,“ This disaster is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

May God punish me and do so severely if I let any of his males survive until morning.”

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows and none of the obligations she put herself under are binding. The LORD will release her because her father has prohibited her.“ If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding, and the obligations she put herself under are binding.But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the LORD will release her.

Then Saul swore to her by the LORD:“ As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment will come to you from this.”

Though Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd since they regarded John as a prophet.

As surely as the LORD lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die!” Not one of the troops answered him.So he said to all Israel,“ You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” And the troops replied,“ Do whatever you want.”So Saul said to the LORD,“ God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant today? If the unrighteousness is in me or in my son Jonathan, LORD God of Israel, give Urim; but if the fault is in your people Israel, give Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were selected, and the troops were cleared of the charge.Then Saul said,“ Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected.Saul commanded him,“ Tell me what you did.” Jonathan told him,“ I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die!”Saul declared to him,“ May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan!”But the people said to Saul,“ Must Jonathan die? He accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel! No, as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he worked with God’s help today.” So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.

asking for a favor against Paul, that Festus summon him to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.Festus, however, answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.“ Therefore,” he said,“ let those of you who have authority go down with me and accuse him, if he has done anything wrong.”When he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought in.When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove.Then Paul made his defense:“ Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, replied to Paul,“ Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there on these charges?”

The men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah:“ None of us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage.”

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.

King Herod heard about it, because Jesus’s name had become well known. Some said,“ John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

As soon as the king heard this, he was very displeased; he set his mind on rescuing Daniel and made every effort until sundown to deliver him.Then these men went together to the king and said to him,“ You know, Your Majesty, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or ordinance the king establishes can be changed.”So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel,“ May your God, whom you continually serve, rescue you!”

Then David said to Abigail,“ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!May your discernment be blessed, and may you be blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.Otherwise, as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any males left by morning light.”

Jephthah made this vow to the LORD:“ If you in fact hand over the Ammonites to me,whoever comes out the doors of my house to greet me when I return safely from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer that person as a burnt offering.”

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath:“ The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.

Although the king was deeply distressed, because of his oaths and the guests he did not want to refuse her.

At the end of two months, she returned to her father, and he kept the vow he had made about her. And she had never been intimate with a man. Now it became a custom in Israel

What should we do about wives for the survivors? We’ve sworn to the LORD not to give them any of our daughters as wives.”They asked,“ Which city among the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the LORD at Mizpah?” It turned out that no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp and the assembly.For when the roll was called, no men were there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.The congregation sent twelve thousand brave warriors there and commanded them,“ Go and kill the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including women and dependents.This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every woman who has gone to bed with a man.”They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not been intimate with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.The whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjaminites who were at Rimmon Rock.Benjamin returned at that time, and Israel gave them the women they had kept alive from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough for them.The people had compassion on Benjamin, because the LORD had made this gap in the tribes of Israel.The elders of the congregation said,“ What should we do about wives for those who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”They said,“ There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.But we can’t give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn,“ Anyone who gives a wife to a Benjaminite is cursed.”They also said,“ Look, there’s an annual festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”Then they commanded the Benjaminites,“ Go and hide in the vineyards.Watch, and when you see the young women of Shiloh come out to perform the dances, each of you leave the vineyards and catch a wife for yourself from the young women of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.When their fathers or brothers come to us and protest, we will tell them,‘ Show favor to them, since we did not get enough wives for each of them in the battle. You didn’t actually give the women to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath.’”The Benjaminites did this and took the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and lived in them.

From that moment Pilate kept trying to release him. But the Jews shouted,“ If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!”When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s seat in a place called the Stone Pavement( but in Aramaic, Gabbatha).It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then he told the Jews,“ Here is your king!”They shouted,“ Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them,“ Should I crucify your king?”“ We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.Then he handed him over to be crucified. Then they took Jesus away.

He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.Several days later, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied,“ Leave for now, but when I have an opportunity I’ll call for you.”At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would offer him money. So he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison.

Then one of the troops said,“ Your father made the troops solemnly swear,‘ The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”