Verse 2
Nehemiah 2:2
Bible in Basic English
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And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨/י הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ מַדּ֣וּעַ פָּנֶ֣י/ךָ רָעִ֗ים וְ/אַתָּה֙ אֵֽינְ/ךָ֣ חוֹלֶ֔ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֔ה כִּי אִ֖ם רֹ֣עַֽ לֵ֑ב וָ/אִירָ֖א הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד
English Translation
And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart, and I am very much afraid."
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Chapter 2 Context
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And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was be...
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And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorr...
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And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when...
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Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God (Elohim) of heaven.
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And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me...
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And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and w...
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Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers...
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And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for...
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Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the ki...
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10
And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly trouble...
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11
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
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12
And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God...
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And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as fa...
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Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beas...
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Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the do...
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And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said any...
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Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorw...
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Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God (Elohim) was on me, helping me; and of the kin...
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But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of...
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Then answering them I said, The God (Elohim) of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will...
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