Verse 2

Nehemiah 2:2

World English Bible, British Edition

2 The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

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

1 In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked... Focus ↗

2 The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow...

3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the pla... Focus ↗

4 Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God (Elohim) of heaven. Focus ↗

5 I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour in your sight, I a... Focus ↗

6 The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will y... Focus ↗

7 Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyon... Focus ↗

8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for... Focus ↗

9 Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had se... Focus ↗

10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly... Focus ↗

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. Focus ↗

12 I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God (Elohim) put into my... Focus ↗

13 I went out by night by the valley gate towards the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate; and I inspe... Focus ↗

14 Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that... Focus ↗

15 Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by t... Focus ↗

16 The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the... Focus ↗

17 Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its ga... Focus ↗

18 I told them about the hand of my God (Elohim) which was good on me, and also about the king’s words... Focus ↗

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they... Focus ↗

20 Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God (Elohim) of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, h... Focus ↗

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