Nehemiah 2:4
World English Bible (WEB)
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
In context
2 The 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.
3 I 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?”
4 Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
6 The 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.
Nehemiah 2:4 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- KJV King James Version
- Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.