Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
And Herodias was angry (enraged) with him and held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him; but she could not,
And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;
So Herodias had it in for John. She wanted to kill him, but she couldn’t.
Now Herodias was devising treachery against him; and she wanted to kill him, but she was unable.