Verse 4

Nehemiah 2:4

Young's Literal Translation

4 And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God (Elohim) of the heavens,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לִ/י֙ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל מַה זֶּ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ וָֽ/אֶתְפַּלֵּ֔ל אֶל אֱלֹהֵ֖י הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם

English Translation

And the king said to me, "What is this that you are seeking?" And I prayed to the God of heaven.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] b... Focus ↗

2 and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore [is] thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sa... Focus ↗

3 and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the ci... Focus ↗

4 And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God (Elohim) of the heave...

5 and say to the king, 'If to the king [it be] good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that... Focus ↗

6 And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), 'How long is thy journey? and when dos... Focus ↗

7 And I say to the king, 'If to the king [it be] good, letters let be given to me for the governors be... Focus ↗

8 and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for bea... Focus ↗

9 And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the... Focus ↗

10 and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them --... Focus ↗

11 And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days, Focus ↗

12 and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God (Elohim) is... Focus ↗

13 And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the drag... Focus ↗

14 And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place... Focus ↗

15 and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and co... Focus ↗

16 And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to th... Focus ↗

17 and I say unto them, 'Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] waste, and its g... Focus ↗

18 And I declare to them the hand of my God (Elohim) that is good upon me, and also the words of the ki... Focus ↗

19 And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, an... Focus ↗

20 And I return them word, and say to them, 'The God (Elohim) of the heavens -- He doth give prosperity... Focus ↗

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