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Nehemiah 2:4
"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
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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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen,
And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen,
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.
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
1Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence, 2so the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart." I was overwhelmed with fear 3and replied to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?" 4"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven5and answered the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it." 6Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time. 7I also said to him, "If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah. 8And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy." And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
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 heavens and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:4
And seeing that the light was good, God separated the light from the darkness.
And seeing that the light was good, God separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."
Genesis 1:31
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
Genesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
Genesis 11:10
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Genesis 25:12
This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to Abraham.
This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to 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.
