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Nehemiah 2:6

4 “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

5 and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

7 I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.

8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

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BSB
Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
KJV
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.
WEB
The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And the king said to me the queen also sitting by him, For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
BLB
And the king said to me, and the queen was sitting beside him, “Even to when will be your journey? And when will you return?” And it was good before the face of the king, and he sent me away, and I set for him a time.
ÅB
Da spurte kongen meg, mens dronningen satt ved hans side: Hvor lenge vil din reise vare, og når kommer du igjen? Kongen syntes godt om dette og gav meg lov til å reise, etter at jeg hadde nevnt en bestemt tid for ham.
OTB
Da spurte kongen, mens dronningen satt ved siden av ham, meg: “Hvor lang tid vil reisen din ta, og når vil du komme tilbake?” Det behaget kongen å sende meg, så jeg satte en tid.
B1930
Da spurte kongen mig, mens dronningen satt ved hans side: Hvor lenge vil din reise vare, og når kommer du igjen? Kongen syntes godt om dette og gav mig lov til å reise, efterat jeg hadde nevnt en bestemt tid for ham.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 13:6

    While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

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  • Nehemiah 5:14

    Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

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  • Isaiah 65:24

    Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

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  • Isaiah 58:12

    Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

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  • Nehemiah 2:4

    “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

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  • Nehemiah 1:11

    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.)

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  • Isaiah 61:4

    They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.

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