6The 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.


In Context

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.

7 Moreover I said to the king, |If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.| The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.

Nehemiah 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?" It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king said to me the queen also sitting by him, For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king said to me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), 'How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the king said to me, (the queen 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.