Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
KJV
Et ait mihi rex : Pro qua re postulas ? Et oravi Deum cæli,
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὁ βασιλεύς Περὶ τίνος τοῦτο συνζητεῖς; καὶ προσηυξάμην πρὸς τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,
LXX
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לִ/י֙ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל מַה זֶּ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ וָֽ/אֶתְפַּלֵּ֔ל אֶל אֱלֹהֵ֖י הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
htpll
verb · 84×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:5 — In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
- 2Sam 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- Dan 1:9 — Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
- Esth 5:3 — Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
- Esth 5:6 — And the king said unto 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 performed.
- Esth 7:2 — And the king said again unto 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? and it shall be performed, even
- Jer 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- Mark 10:51 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
- Neh 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Neh 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Neh 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
- Neh 2:6 — And 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.
- Neh 2:20 — Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
- Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- Phil 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
- Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- 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.