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Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 2:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીનહેમ્યા ૨:૪
પછી રાજાએ મને પૂછ્યું, “તું મારી પાસેથી શું ઇચ્છે છે?” ત્યારે મેં આકાશના ઈશ્વરને પ્રાર્થના કરી.
हिन्दीनहेम्याह २:४
राजा ने मुझसे पूछा, “फिर तू क्या माँगता है?” तब मैंने स्वर्ग के परमेश्वर से प्रार्थना करके, राजा से कहा;

In context

2The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

3I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”

4Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

5I 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.”

6The 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.

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