Verse 3

Nehemiah 2:3

World English Bible, British Edition

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3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וָ/אֹמַ֣ר לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם יִחְיֶ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ לֹא יֵרְע֣וּ פָנַ֗/י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָ/עִ֜יר בֵּית קִבְר֤וֹת אֲבֹתַ/י֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּ/שְׁעָרֶ֖י/הָ אֻכְּל֥וּ בָ/אֵֽשׁ

English Translation

And I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my ancestors’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed by fire?"

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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... Focus ↗

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

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 ↗

Verse Information

Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 2 (20 verses)
Version: World English Bible, British Edition

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