Nehemiah 2:5
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 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — નહેમ્યા ૨:૫
- પછી મેં રાજાને કહ્યું, “આપને ઠીક લાગે તો મને યહૂદિયા જવાની રજા આપો. કારણ કે જ્યાં મારા પૂર્વજોને દફનાવ્યા હતા, તે શહેરનો હું ફરીથી જીર્ણોધ્ધાર કરી શકું.”
- हिन्दी — नहेम्याह २:५
- “यदि राजा को भाए, और तू अपने दास से प्रसन्न हो, तो मुझे यहूदा और मेरे पुरखाओं की कब्रों के नगर को भेज, ताकि मैं उसे बनाऊँ।”
In context
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.
7Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
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