Nehemiah 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.
KJV
Dixitque mihi rex, et regina quæ sedebat juxta eum : Usque ad quod tempus erit iter tuum, et quando reverteris ? Et placuit ante vultum regis, et misit me : et constitui ei tempus.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἡ παλλακὴ ἡ καθημένη ἐχόμενα αὐτοῦ Ἕως πότε ἔσται ἡ πορεία σου, καὶ πότε ἐπιστρέψεις; καὶ ἠγαθύνθη ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἀπέστειλέν με, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ ὅρον.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨/י הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ וְ/הַ/שֵּׁגַ֣ל יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֗/וֹ עַד מָתַ֛י יִהְיֶ֥ה מַֽהֲלָכֲ/ךָ֖ וּ/מָתַ֣י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַ/יִּיטַ֤ב לִ/פְנֵֽי הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וַ/יִּשְׁלָחֵ֔/נִי וָֽ/אֶתְּנָ֥/ה ל֖/וֹ זְמָֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I
- Isa 58:12 — And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to
- Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Neh 2:4 — Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Neh 5:14 — Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and
- Neh 13:6 — But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: