Nehemiah 1:11
9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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 grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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- BSB
- O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
- KJV
- 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 grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
- WEB
- Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
- ASV
- 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 delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.
- DARBY
- 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 delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.
- BLB
- Please, O Lord, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name, and let prosper, please, Your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the eyes of this man.” (For I was cupbearer to the king.)
- ÅB
- Akk, Herre! La ditt øre merke på din tjeners og dine tjeneres bønn, de som gjerne vil frykte ditt navn, og la det idag lykkes for din tjener, og la ham finne barmhjertighet hos denne mann! - Jeg var dengang munnskjenk hos kongen.
[^1]: av kong Artaxerxes' regjering, NEH 2, 1. - OTB
- Herre, la ditt øre være oppmerksom på bønnen til denne din tjener og til bønnen til dine tjenere som gleder seg i å ære ditt navn. Gi din tjener suksess i dag ved å gi ham nåde i nærvær av denne mannen." Jeg var munnskjenk for kongen.
- B1930
- Akk, Herre! La ditt øre merke på din tjeners og dine tjeneres bønn, de som gjerne vil frykte ditt navn, og la det idag lykkes for din tjener, og la ham finne barmhjertighet hos denne mann! - Jeg var dengang munnskjenk hos kongen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Read in contextNehemiah 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.
Read in contextNehemiah 2:1
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Read in contextProverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Read in contextHebrews 13:18
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Read in contextEzra 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 God upon him.
Read in contextPsalms 130:2
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Read in contextPsalms 86:6
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
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