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Nehemiah 2:4

World English Bible

Then the king said to me, “What is your request?”
So I prayed to the God of heaven.

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Nehemiah 2:4 in other translations

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 2:4 · American Standard Version

Nehemiah 2:4 in context

  1. 2The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.”
    Then I was very much afraid.
  2. 3I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
  3. 4Then the king said to me, “What is your request?”
    So I prayed to the God of heaven.
  4. 5I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
  5. 6The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?”
    So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.