Nehemiah 2:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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;”
Nehemiah 2:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;”
Nehemiah 2:7 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 let me pass through till I come unto Judah; ”
Nehemiah 2:7 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I say to the king, `If to the king <FI>it be<Fi> good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:”
Nehemiah 2:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah; ”
Nehemiah 2:7 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“After I saide vnto the King, If it please the King, let them giue mee letters to the captaines beyond the Riuer, that they may conuay me ouer, till I come into Iudah,”
Nehemiah 2:7 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:7 in Context — Nehemiah 2
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.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
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What Does Nehemiah 2:7 Mean?
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