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


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine is before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

2 and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,

3 and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'

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

5 and say to the king, 'If to the king it be good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'

6 And 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.

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 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 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.