Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Images Nehemiah 2:4

Prayers for Nehemiah 2:4

Context Readings

Nehemiah Sent

3 And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire? 4 And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens. 5 And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.


Cross References

Nehemiah 1:4

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

Proverbs 3:6

in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.

Philippians 4:6

Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

Esther 5:3

And the king said to her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

Esther 5:6

And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

Esther 7:2

And the king said again to Esther on the second day, at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

Mark 10:51

And Jesus answering says to him, What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may see.

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