Nehemiah 2:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.”
Nehemiah 2:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.”
Nehemiah 2:4 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. ”
Nehemiah 2:4 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,”
Nehemiah 2:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to theGod of the heavens. ”
Nehemiah 2:4 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen,”
Nehemiah 2:4 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:4 in Context — Nehemiah 2
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?
4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
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What Does Nehemiah 2:4 Mean?
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