4Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,


In Context

1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face.

2 And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:

3 And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?

4 Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,

5 And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it.

6 And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time.

Nehemiah 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said to me, |For what do you make request?| So I prayed to the God of heaven.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.