Nehemiah 2:4
“Then the king said vnto me, For what doest thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heauen.”
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Nehemiah 2:4 Context
2Wherefore the king said vnto me, Why is thy countenance sadde, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3And said vnto the king, Let the king liue for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers Sepulchres, lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 4Then the king said vnto me, For what doest thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heauen. 5And I said vnto the king, If it please the king, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me vnto Iudah vnto the City of my fathers sepulchres, that I may build it. 6And the king saide vnto mee (the Queene also sitting by him) For how long shall thy iourney bee? and when wilt thou returne? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time.
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Other Translations for Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- King James Version
Then the king said to me, "What would you request? So I prayed to the God of heaven."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
- Basic English Bible
And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
- Darby Bible
Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Webster's Bible
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- World English Bible
And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then the king said unto me: 'For what dost thou make request?' So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nehemiah 2:4
2:4 Let, &c. - My sadness comes not from any disaffection to the king, for whom my hearty prayers are that he may live for ever; but from another cause. Sepulchres - Which by all nations are esteemed sacred and inviolable. He saith not a word of the temple as he spake before a Heathen king who cared for none of these things. I prayed - To direct my thoughts and words, and to incline the king's heart to grant my request.