Verse 1
Nehemiah 2:1
New Living Translation
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Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י בְּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן שְׁנַ֥ת עֶשְׂרִ֛ים לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ יַ֣יִן לְ/פָנָ֑י/ו וָ/אֶשָּׂ֤א אֶת הַ/יַּ֨יִן֙ וָ/אֶתְּנָ֣/ה לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/לֹא הָיִ֥יתִי רַ֖ע לְ/פָנָֽי/ו
English Translation
And it was in the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before me, and I took the wine and gave it to the king, and I had not been sad before him.
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