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Nehemiah 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 house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

KJV

et epistolam ad Asaph custodem saltus regis, ut det mihi ligna, ut tegere possim portas turris domus, et muros civitatis, et domum quam ingressus fuero. Et dedit mihi rex juxta manum Dei mei bonam mecum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπιστολὴν ἐπὶ Ἀσὰφ φύλακα τοῦ παραδείσου ὅς ἐστιν τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὥστε δοῦναί μοι ξύλα στεγάσαι τὰς πύλας καὶ εἰς τὸ τεῖχος τῆς πόλεως καὶ εἰς οἶκον ὃν εἰσελεύσομαι εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι ὁ βασιλεύς, ὡς χεὶρ θεοῦ ἡ ἀγαθή.

LXX

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 castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

ASV

וְ/אִגֶּ֡רֶת אֶל אָסָף֩ שֹׁמֵ֨ר הַ/פַּרְדֵּ֜ס אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן לִ֣/י עֵצִ֡ים לְ֠/קָרוֹת אֶת שַׁעֲרֵ֨י הַ/בִּירָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר לַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ וּ/לְ/חוֹמַ֣ת הָ/עִ֔יר וְ/לַ/בַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר אָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑י/ו וַ/יִּתֶּן לִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ כְּ/יַד אֱלֹהַ֖/י הַ/טּוֹבָ֥ה עָלָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִגְּרוֹת֙
'grvt
noun · 10×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָסָ֖ף
'sp
proper_noun · 46×
בִּירָֽה
byrh
noun · 16×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פַרְדֵּסִ֑ים
prdsym
noun · 3×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 1:9 — Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
  • Ezra 5:5 — But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
  • 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 7:6 — 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 7:9 — For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
  • 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
  • Ezra 8:18 — And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
  • Gen 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • Isa 66:14 — And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
  • Mic 7:11 — In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
  • 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 2:17 — Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a
  • Neh 3:3 — But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
  • Neh 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
  • Neh 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
  • Ps 68:29 — Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.