Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.In other versions
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
ASV
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
BBE
And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
DBY
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
WEB
And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
YLT
Then the king said unto me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
ENG
Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
WBT
“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
BSB
In context
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
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.