Nehemiah 2:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
Webster's Revision
Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
World English Bible
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Clarke's Nehemiah 2:4 Bible Commentary
So I prayed to the God of heaven - Before he dared to prefer his request to the king, he made his prayer to God, that his suit might be acceptable: and this he does by mental prayer. To the spirit of prayer every place is a praying place.
Barnes's Nehemiah 2:4 Bible Commentary
I prayed to the God of heaven - Mentally and momentarily, before answering the king.
Wesley's Nehemiah 2:4 Bible Commentary
2:4 Let, &c. - My sadness comes not from any disaffection to the king, for whom my hearty prayers are that he may live for ever; but from another cause. Sepulchres - Which by all nations are esteemed sacred and inviolable. He saith not a word of the temple as he spake before a Heathen king who cared for none of these things. I prayed - To direct my thoughts and words, and to incline the king's heart to grant my request.