Verse 1
Nehemiah 2:1
New King James Version
1
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king,
that wine
was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave
it unto the king. Now I had not been
beforetime 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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