Nehemiah 2:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine <FI>is<Fi> before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;”
Nehemiah 2:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth yere of king Artahshashte, the wine stoode before him, and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King. nowe I was not before time sad in his presence.”
Nehemiah 2:1 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:1 in Context — Nehemiah 2
1 Au mois de Nisan, la vingtième année du roi Artaxerxès, comme le vin était devant lui, je pris le vin et je l’offris au roi. Jamais je n’avais paru triste en sa présence.
2 Le roi me dit: Pourquoi as-tu mauvais visage? Tu n’es pourtant pas malade; ce ne peut être qu’un chagrin de cœur. Je fus saisi d’une grande crainte,
3 et je répondis au roi: Que le roi vive éternellement! Comment n’aurais-je pas mauvais visage, lorsque la ville où sont les sépulcres de mes pères est détruite et que ses portes sont consumées par le feu?
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What Does Nehemiah 2:1 Mean?
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