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Nehemiah 2:4
And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen,
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”
Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”
Hebrew Names Version
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
King James Version
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
English Standard Version
Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
New Century Version
Then the king said to me, "What do you want?" First I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What do you want?" First I prayed to the God of heaven.
New English Translation
The king responded, "What is it you are seeking?" Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven
The king responded, "What is it you are seeking?" Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven
Amplified Bible
The king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
The king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
World English Bible
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
Contemporary English Version
The king asked, "What do you want me to do?" I prayed to the God who rules from heaven.
The king asked, "What do you want me to do?" I prayed to the God who rules from heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible
The king asked me, "What is it that you want?" I prayed to the God of heaven,
The king asked me, "What is it that you want?" I prayed to the God of heaven,
Darby Translation
And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king said to me, "What do you want me to do?" Before I answered, I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What do you want me to do?" Before I answered, I prayed to the God of heaven.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the king said to me, For what did you make supplications and pray before the God of heaven?
Then the king said to me, For what did you make supplications and pray before the God of heaven?
Good News Translation
The emperor asked, "What is it that you want?" I prayed to the God of Heaven,
The emperor asked, "What is it that you want?" I prayed to the God of Heaven,
Lexham English Bible
Then the king said to me, "What is your request?" So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
Then the king said to me, "What is your request?" So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
Literal Translation
Then the king said to me, For what do you ask? So I prayed to the God of Heaven,
Then the king said to me, For what do you ask? So I prayed to the God of Heaven,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the kynge vnto me: What is the thy request? Then made I my prayer to the God of heaue,
Then sayde the kynge vnto me: What is the thy request? Then made I my prayer to the God of heaue,
American Standard Version
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Bible in Basic English
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto me: What is then thy request? I made my prayer also to the God of heauen,
And the king sayde vnto me: What is then thy request? I made my prayer also to the God of heauen,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the king said unto me: 'For what dost thou make request?' So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said unto me: 'For what dost thou make request?' So I prayed to the God of heaven.
King James Version (1611)
Then the king said vnto me, For what doest thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heauen.
Then the king said vnto me, For what doest thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heauen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
English Revised Version
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng seide to me, For what thing axist thou? And Y preiede God of heuene,
And the kyng seide to me, For what thing axist thou? And Y preiede God of heuene,
Update Bible Version
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
New King James Version
Then the king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
New Living Translation
The king asked, "Well, how can I help you?" With a prayer to the God of heaven,
The king asked, "Well, how can I help you?" With a prayer to the God of heaven,
New Life Bible
Then the king said to me, "What are you asking for?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What are you asking for?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
New Revised Standard
Then the king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then the king said to me, Concerning what, is it, thou, wouldst make request? So I prayed unto the God of the heavens,
Then the king said to me, Concerning what, is it, thou, wouldst make request? So I prayed unto the God of the heavens,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,
Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,
Revised Standard Version
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
THE MESSAGE
The king then asked me, "So what do you want?" Praying under my breath to the God-of-Heaven, I said, "If it please the king, and if the king thinks well of me, send me to Judah, to the city where my family is buried, so that I can rebuild it."
The king then asked me, "So what do you want?" Praying under my breath to the God-of-Heaven, I said, "If it please the king, and if the king thinks well of me, send me to Judah, to the city where my family is buried, so that I can rebuild it."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Contextual Overview
1 Nowe in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth yere of king Artahshashte, the wine stoode before him, and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King. nowe I was not before time sad in his presence. 2 And the king said vnto me, Why is thy coutenance sad, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing, but sorow of heart. Then was I sore afrayd, 3 And I said to the King, God saue the King for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the citie & house of the sepulchres of my fathers lieth waste, and the gates thereof are deuoured with fire? 4 And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen, 5 And sayde vnto the King, If it please the King, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, I desire that thou wouldest send me to Iudah vnto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buyld it. 6 And the King sayd vnto me, (the Queene also sitting by him) How long shall thy iourney be? & when wilt thou come againe? So it pleased the King, and he sent me, and I set him a time. 7 After I saide vnto the King, If it please the King, let them giue mee letters to the captaines beyond the Riuer, that they may conuay me ouer, till I come into Iudah, 8 And letters vnto Asaph the keeper of the Kings parke, that hee may giue me timber to buylde the gates of the palace (which apperteined to the house) and for the walles of the citie, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the King gaue me according to the good hand of my God vpon me.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For what: 1 Kings 3:5, Esther 5:3, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Mark 10:51
So I prayed: Nehemiah 1:4, Nehemiah 1:11, 2 Samuel 15:31, Proverbs 3:6, Philippians 4:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:12 - I pray Genesis 24:45 - speaking Genesis 39:4 - Joseph 1 Samuel 1:13 - spake 1 Kings 8:50 - and give them Nehemiah 2:6 - So it pleased Nehemiah 2:20 - The God Proverbs 21:1 - The king's Proverbs 22:11 - the king Isaiah 49:17 - children Jeremiah 29:12 - General Jeremiah 40:5 - or go Daniel 1:9 - General Jonah 1:9 - the God Acts 23:19 - What Philippians 2:13 - to will Revelation 16:11 - the God
Cross-References
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.
Genesis 1:4
And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.
And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
Genesis 1:31
And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
Genesis 2:1
Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Genesis 2:2
For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made.
For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made.
Genesis 5:1
This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,
This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Shem, Ham and Iapheth: vnto whom sonnes were borne after the flood.
Now these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Shem, Ham and Iapheth: vnto whom sonnes were borne after the flood.
Genesis 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundreth yeere olde, & begate Arpachshad two yeere after the flood.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundreth yeere olde, & begate Arpachshad two yeere after the flood.
Genesis 25:12
Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.
Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the king said unto me, for what dost thou make request?.... The king supposed that there was a meaning in those looks and words of his, that he had a favour to ask of him, and therefore encourages him to it; or the king of himself moved this, as being desirous of doing anything for him he would propose, to make him easy:
so I prayed to the God of heaven; secretly, in an ejaculatory way, giving him thanks for thus disposing the king's heart towards him, and entreating he might be directed what to ask, and in a proper manner, and that he might succeed.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I prayed to the God of heaven - Mentally and momentarily, before answering the king.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Nehemiah 2:4. So I prayed to the God of heaven. — Before he dared to prefer his request to the king, he made his prayer to God, that his suit might be acceptable: and this he does by mental prayer. To the spirit of prayer every place is a praying place.
