Nehemiah 2:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 2:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.”
Nehemiah 2:6 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Nehemiah 2:6 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.”
Nehemiah 2:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king said to me — the queen also sitting by him, — For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. ”
Nehemiah 2:6 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the King sayd vnto me, (the Queene also sitting by him) How long shall thy iourney be? and when wilt thou come againe? So it pleased the King, and he sent me, and I set him a time.”
Nehemiah 2:6 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:6 in Context — Nehemiah 2
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;
8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
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What Does Nehemiah 2:6 Mean?
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