Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

Then the king said to me, “What would you 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.

Holman Bible

Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven

International Standard Version

The king answered, "What do you want?"

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

The king said to me, “What do you 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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will say to me, For what this thou seekest? And I shall pray to the God of the heavens.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the king said to me, "What is your request?" So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

Modern King James verseion

And the king said to me, For what do you ask? So I prayed to the God of Heaven,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said the king unto me, "What, then, is thy request?" Then made I my prayer to the God of heaven,

NET Bible

The king responded, "What is it you are seeking?" Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven

New Heart English Bible

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

The 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,

Webster

Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

So I prayed
פּלל 
Palal 
Usage: 84

to the God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Images Nehemiah 2:4

Prayers for Nehemiah 2:4

Context Readings

Nehemiah Sent

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.'


Cross References

Nehemiah 1:4

And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn for days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

Proverbs 3:6

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Philippians 4:6

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

2 Samuel 15:31

and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask -- what do I give to thee?'

Nehemiah 1:11

'I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

Esther 5:3

And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee Esther, O queen? and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is given to thee.'

Esther 5:6

And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, 'What is thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

Esther 7:2

and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, 'What is thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

Mark 10:51

And answering, Jesus saith to him, 'What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, 'Rabboni, that I may see again;'

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