Nehemiah 2:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 2:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.””
Nehemiah 2:5 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Nehemiah 2:5 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and say to the king, `If to the king <FI>it be<Fi> good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'”
Nehemiah 2:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.”
Nehemiah 2:5 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And sayde vnto the King, If it please the King, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, I desire that thou wouldest send me to Iudah vnto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buyld it.”
Nehemiah 2:5 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:5 in Context — Nehemiah 2
3 Y dije al rey: El rey viva para siempre. ¿Cómo no estará triste mi rostro, cuando la ciudad, casa de los sepulcros de mis padres, está desierta, y sus puertas consumidas del fuego?
4 Y díjome el rey: ¿Qué cosa pides? Entonces oré al Dios de los cielos,
5 Y dije al rey: Si al rey place, y si agrada tu siervo delante de ti, que me envíes á Judá, á la ciudad de los sepulcros de mis padres, y la reedificaré.
6 Entonces el rey me dijo, (y la reina estaba sentada junto á él): ¿Hasta cuándo será tu viaje, y cuándo volverás? Y plugo al rey enviarme, después que yo le señalé tiempo.
7 Además dije al rey: Si al rey place, dénseme cartas para los gobernadores de la otra parte del río, que me franqueen el paso hasta que llegue á Judá;
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What Does Nehemiah 2:5 Mean?
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