Nehemiah 2:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. ”
Nehemiah 2:1 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine <FI>is<Fi> before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;”
Nehemiah 2:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence. ”
Nehemiah 2:1 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth yere of king Artahshashte, the wine stoode before him, and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King. nowe I was not before time sad in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:1 in Context — Nehemiah 2
1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
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What Does Nehemiah 2:1 Mean?
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