Verse 2

Nehemiah 2:2

Literal Standard Version

2 and the king says to me, “Why is your face sad, and you not sick? This is nothing except sadness of heart”; and I fear very much,
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 And it comes to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine is befo... Focus ↗
2 and the king says to me, “Why is your face sad, and you not sick? This is nothing except sadness of...
3 and say to the king, “Let the king live for all time! Why should my face not be sad, when the city,... Focus ↗
4 And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God (Elohim) of the heavens, Focus ↗
5 and say to the king, “If it is good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that yo... Focus ↗
6 And the king says to me (and the queen is sitting near him), “How long is your journey? And when do... Focus ↗
7 And I say to the king, “If it is good to the king, let letters be given to me for the governors beyo... Focus ↗
8 and a letter to Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king has, that he give to me trees for beams... Focus ↗
9 And I come to the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king... Focus ↗
10 and Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them—a gre... Focus ↗
11 And I come to 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 Valley Gate by night, and to the front of the Dragon Fountain, and to the R... Focus ↗
14 And I pass over to the Fountain Gate, and to the King’s Pool, and there is no place for the beast un... Focus ↗
15 and I am going up through the brook by night, and am inspecting the wall, and turn back, and come in... Focus ↗
16 And the prefects have not known to where I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to t... Focus ↗
17 and I say to them, “You are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem is desolate, and its g... Focus ↗
18 And I declare to them the hand of my God (Elohim) that is good on me, and also the words of the king... Focus ↗
19 And Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and... Focus ↗
20 And I return them word, and say to them, “The God (Elohim) of the heavens—He gives prosperity to us,... Focus ↗