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?
KJV
et dixi regi : Rex, in æternum vive : quare non mœreat vultus meus, quia civitas domus sepulchrorum patris mei deserta est, et portæ ejus combustæ sunt igni ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπα τῷ βασιλεῖ Ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζήτω. διὰ τί οὐ μὴ γένηται πονηρὸν τὸ πρόσωπόν μου, διότι ἡ πόλις, οἶκος μνημείων πατέρων μου, ἠρημώθη καὶ αἱ πύλαι αὐτῆς κατεβρώθησαν ἐν πυρί;
LXX
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?
ASV
וָ/אֹמַ֣ר לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם יִחְיֶ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ לֹא יֵרְע֣וּ פָנַ֗/י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָ/עִ֜יר בֵּית קִבְר֤וֹת אֲבֹתַ/י֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּ/שְׁעָרֶ֖י/הָ אֻכְּל֥וּ בָ/אֵֽשׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 1:31 — Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
- 1Kgs 1:31 — Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
- 2Chr 21:20 — Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulc
- 2Chr 28:27 — And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
- 2Chr 32:33 — And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasse
- Dan 2:4 — Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- Dan 5:10 — Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countena
- Dan 6:6 — Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
- Dan 6:6 — Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
- Dan 6:21 — Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
- Isa 44:26 — That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise
- Jer 51:50 — Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
- Lam 2:9 — Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
- Lev 26:31 — And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
- Neh 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burne
- Neh 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burne
- Neh 2:13 — And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed wit
- Ps 137:1 — By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Ps 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.