| Complete Jewish Bible (Sacred Name Version) | CJB-SN | Herod had wanted to put Yochanan to death; but he was afraid of the people, in whose eyes Yochanan was a prophet. |
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| New International Version (Sacred Name) | NIV-SR | Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet. |
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| New International Readers Version (Sacred Name) | NIRV-SN | Herod wanted to kill John. But he was afraid of the people, because they thought John was a prophet. |
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| New Living Translation (Sacred Name Version) | NLT-SN | Herod would have executed John, but he was afraid of a riot, because all the people believed John was a prophet. |
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| New Revised Standard (Sacred Name Edition) | NRSV-SN | Though Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet. |
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| The Message (Sacred Name Version) | MSG-SN | Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid because so many people revered John as a prophet of Elohim. |
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| Good News Translation (Sacred Name) | GNT-SN | Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the Jewish people, because they considered John to be a prophet. |
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| New American Standard (Sacred Name Bible) | NASB-SN | Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet. |
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| King James Version (unedited) | KJV | And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. |
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