and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?
KJV
Nehemiah 2:3
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Parallel Translations
and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?
I 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?”
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:31 Kings 1:31Daniel 5:10Daniel 2:4Psalms 137:62 Chronicles 28:27Daniel 6:212 Chronicles 21:20Daniel 6:6Lamentations 2:92 Chronicles 32:33Psalms 102:14Daniel 3:9
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