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


In Context

1 It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been before sad in his presence.

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, |For what do you make 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, 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), |For how long shall your journey be? And when will you return?| So it pleased the king to send me; and I set 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And 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 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.