Nehemiah 2:3
“And 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?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nehemiah 2:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And 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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And I 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?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und ich sprach zu dem König: Der König lebe ewiglich! Warum sollte mein Angesicht nicht traurig sein, da die Stadt, die Begräbnisstätte meiner Väter, wüst liegt, und ihre Tore vom Feuer verzehrt sind?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y dije al rey: El rey viva para siempre. ¿Cómo no estará triste mi rostro, cuando la ciudad, casa de los sepulcros de mis padres, está desierta, y sus puertas consumidas del fuego?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E disse ao rei: Viva o rei para sempre! Como meu rosto não estaria triste, quando a cidade, o lugar dos sepulcros de meus pais, está arruinada, e suas portas consumidas a fogo?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu disse ao rei: "Que o rei viva para sempre! Como o meu rosto não estaria triste? A cidade, onde estão os sepulcros dos meus pais, está em ruínas, e os portões foram destruídos pelo fogo".
📖 Nehemiah 2:3 in Context
1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
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.
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