Nehemiah 2:5
And 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.
KJV
et dixi ad regem : Si videtur regi bonum, et si placet servus tuus ante faciem tuam, ut mittas me in Judæam ad civitatem sepulchri patris mei, et ædificabo eam.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπα τῷ βασιλεῖ Εἰ ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα ἀγαθόν, καὶ εἰ ἀγαθυνθήσεται ὁ παῖς σου ἐνώπιόν σου ὥστε πέμψαι αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰουδά, εἰς πόλιν μνημείων πατέρων μου, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω αὐτήν.
LXX
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
ASV
וָ/אֹמַ֣ר לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב וְ/אִם יִיטַ֥ב עַבְדְּ/ךָ֖ לְ/פָנֶ֑י/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣/נִי אֶל יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל עִ֛יר קִבְר֥וֹת אֲבֹתַ֖/י וְ/אֶבְנֶֽ/נָּה
Hebrew
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 14:22 — And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath
- 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.
- Ruth 2:13 — Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens