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 desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
KJV
Obsecro, Domine, sit auris tua attendens ad orationem servi tui, et ad orationem servorum tuorum, qui volunt timere nomen tuum : et dirige servum tuum hodie, et da ei misericordiam ante virum hunc. Ego enim eram pincerna regis.
Vulgate
μὴ δή, ἀλλ’ ἔστω τὸ οὖς σου προσέχον εἰς τὴν προσευχὴν τοῦ δούλου σου καὶ εἰς τὴν προσευχὴν παίδων σου τῶν θελόντων φοβεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομά σου· καὶ εὐόδωσον δὴ τῷ παιδί σου σήμερον καὶ δὸς αὐτὸν εἰς οἰκτειρμοὺς ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τούτου. καὶ ἐγὼ ἤμην εὐνοῦχος τῷ βασιλεῖ.
LXX
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 cupbearer to the king.
ASV
אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗/י תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְ/ךָֽ קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת אֶל תְּפִלַּ֨ת עַבְדְּ/ךָ֜ וְ/אֶל תְּפִלַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֗י/ךָ הַֽ/חֲפֵצִים֙ לְ/יִרְאָ֣ה אֶת שְׁמֶ֔/ךָ וְ/הַצְלִֽיחָ/ה נָּ֤א לְ/עַבְדְּ/ךָ֙ הַ/יּ֔וֹם וּ/תְנֵ֣/הוּ לְ/רַחֲמִ֔ים לִ/פְנֵ֖י הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הַ/זֶּ֑ה וַ/אֲנִ֛י הָיִ֥יתִי מַשְׁקֶ֖ה לַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2585From the time of David to the coming of the Messiah texts appearing in these sacred books show a deepening in prayer for oneself and in prayer for others.37 Thus the psalms were gradually collected into the five books of the Psalter (or "Praises"), the masterwork of prayer in the Old Testament.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 2:2 — For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
- 2Chr 6:40 — Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2Chr 18:31 — And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD h
- Dan 1:9 — Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
- Esth 5:2 — And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew
- Exod 2:6 — And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
- Exod 3:21 — And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
- Ezra 1:1 — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamatio
- Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G
- Ezra 7:27 — Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
- Ezra 7:28 — And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered togeth
- Gen 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
- Gen 30:27 — And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
- Gen 32:11 — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
- Gen 33:4 — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- Gen 40:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
- Gen 40:9 — And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
- Gen 40:11 — And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
- Gen 40:21 — And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
- Gen 40:23 — Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
- Gen 41:9 — Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
- Gen 43:14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
- Heb 13:18 — Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
- Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Jer 42:12 — And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
- Neh 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess
- Neh 2:1 — And 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
- Neh 2:1 — And 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
- Neh 2:4 — Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Neh 2:8 — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the
- Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Prov 16:1 — The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
- Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Prov 29:26 — Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
- Ps 86:6 — Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
- Ps 102:17 — He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
- Ps 106:46 — He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
- Ps 130:2 — Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
- Ps 130:2 — Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.