Verse 4

Nehemiah 2:4

Darby Translation

4 And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to 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 came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine wa... Focus ↗

2 And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sad... Focus ↗

3 And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the c... Focus ↗

4 And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God (Elohim) of the hea...

5 And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, th... Focus ↗

6 And the king said to me the queen also sitting by him, For how long shall thy journey be, and when w... Focus ↗

7 And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the r... 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 And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sen... Focus ↗

10 And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved th... Focus ↗

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

12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me but I told no man what my God (Elohim) had put... Focus ↗

13 And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; a... Focus ↗

14 And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast und... Focus ↗

15 And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by... Focus ↗

16 And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews,... Focus ↗

17 And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are... Focus ↗

18 And I told them of the hand of my God (Elohim) which had been good upon me; as also of the king's wo... Focus ↗

19 And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it;... Focus ↗

20 And I answered them, and said to them, The God (Elohim) of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we h... Focus ↗

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