Nehemiah 2:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 2:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.””
Nehemiah 2:5 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. ”
Nehemiah 2:5 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and say to the king, `If to the king <FI>it be<Fi> good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'”
Nehemiah 2:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. ”
Nehemiah 2:5 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And sayde vnto the King, If it please the King, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, I desire that thou wouldest send me to Iudah vnto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buyld it.”
Nehemiah 2:5 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:5 in Context — Nehemiah 2
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.
7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
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What Does Nehemiah 2:5 Mean?
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