Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And it cometh
to pass ,
in the month of
Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine `is'
before him ,
and I lift
up the wine, and give
to
the king ,
and
I had not been sad before
him;
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.
and
the king saith
to
me, `Wherefore
`
is '
thy face
sad, and
thou not sick? this is nothing except
sadness
of heart ;'
and
I fear
very much
,
Wherefore
the king said
unto
me, Why
is thy countenance
sad, seeing
thou art
not sick? this is nothing else
but
sorrow
of heart .
Then
I was
very sore
afraid
,
and say
to
the king, `
Let the king to
the
age
live !
wherefore
should not my face
be sad, when the city, the place of the
graves
of
my fathers ,
`is
' a
waste, and its
gates have
been
consumed with fire? '
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?
And
the king saith
to
me, `
For what art
thou seeking
? '
and
I pray
unto
the God of the
heavens,
Then
the king said
unto
me, For what dost
thou make
request
? So
I prayed
to
the God of heaven.
and say
to
the king, `
If to
the king `it
be'
good
, and if thy servant be
pleasing
before
thee
, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the
graves
of
my fathers, and
I built
it. '
And I
said
unto
the king, If it
please
the king, and if thy servant have
found
favour
in
thy
sight
, that thou wouldest
send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers '
sepulchres
, that
I may
build
it.
And the king saith
to
me ( and
the queen is
sitting near
him )
, `
How long is
thy journey? and when dost
thou return? '
and
it is
good
before
the king ,
and
he
sendeth
me away,
and I set to
him a time.
And the king said
unto
me ,
(the queen also
sitting by
him, )
For
how long shall
thy journey be
? and when wilt
thou return? So
it pleased
the king to
send
me ;
and I set him a time.
And
I say
to
the king, `
If to
the king `it
be'
good
, letters
let be given to
me for
the governors beyond the River, that they let
me pass
over till that
I come in
unto
Judah :
Moreover
I said
unto
the king, If it
please
the king, let letters
be given me to
the governors beyond the river, that they may
convey
me over till I come into
Judah ;
and a letter unto Asaph ,
keeper of the paradise
that
the
king
hath
, that he give to
me trees
for
beams `
for '
the gates of the palace that
the house hath
, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into
which
I enter ;'
and the king giveth
to
me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
And a letter unto Asaph the
keeper of the king's
forest
, that he may
give me timber
to
make
beams for the gates of the palace which
appertained
to
the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that
I shall
enter into.
And the king granted
me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
And
I come
in
unto
the governors beyond the River, and give
to
them the letters of
the
king;
and
the king sendeth
with
me
heads
of a
force,
and horsemen ;
Then
I came
to
the governors beyond the river, and gave
them the king's
letters .
Now
the king had
sent
captains
of the
army
and horsemen with
me.
and
Sanballat the Horonite heareth
, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and
it is
evil
to
them --
a
great
evil
--
that a man hath
come
in
to seek good
for
the sons
of Israel.
When
Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard
of
it ,
it
grieved
them exceedingly
that there
was
come
a man to seek the welfare
of the
children
of
Israel.
And
I come
in
unto
Jerusalem, and I
am
there three days ,
So
I came
to
Jerusalem, and was
there three days .
and I rise
by
night, I and a
few men with me ,
and
have
not
declared
to
a
man what my God is
giving
unto
my heart to do for
Jerusalem ,
and
there is
no
beast with me except
the beast on
which
I am
riding
.
And I arose
in
the
night, I and some
few men with me ;
neither
told
I
any
man what my God had
put
in
my heart to do at
Jerusalem :
neither
was
there any
beast with me ,
save
the beast that
I rode
upon
.
And I go
out through
the gate of the valley by
night
, and
unto
the
front
of
the
fountain
of
the dragon, and unto
the
gate
of
the dunghill
, and I
am
measuring
about
the walls of Jerusalem, that
are
broken down, and its
gates consumed with fire.
And I went
out by
night
by
the gate of the valley, even
before
the dragon well
, and to
the dung
port
, and viewed
the walls of Jerusalem, which
were
broken down, and the
gates thereof
were
consumed with fire.
And
I pass
over
unto
the gate of the fountain, and unto
the pool of
the
king,
and
there is
no place for the beast under me to pass over,
Then
I went
on
to
the gate of the fountain, and to
the king's
pool :
but
there was
no place for the beast that
was
under me to pass .
and
I am
going
up through
the brook
by
night, and am
measuring
about
the wall, and turn
back, and come
in
through
the gate of the valley, and turn
back
.
Then
went
I up in
the night by
the
brook
, and viewed
the wall, and turned
back, and entered
by
the gate of the valley, and so
returned
.
And the prefects
have
not known
whither I have
gone
, and
what I am
doing
; and
to the Jews, and
to the priests, and
to the freemen
, and
to the prefects
, and
to the rest of
those
doing
the work ,
hitherto
I
have
not
declared
`it';
And the rulers
knew
not whither I went
, or
what I did
; neither
had
I
as
yet
told
it
to the Jews, nor
to the priests, nor
to the nobles
, nor
to the rulers
, nor
to the rest that
did
the work .
and
I say
unto them, `
Ye are
seeing
the evil
that we are in, in
that
Jerusalem `is'
waste, and its
gates have
been
burnt
with fire ;
come and we
build the wall of Jerusalem, and
we are
not
any
more a reproach. '
Then
said
I unto them, Ye see
the distress
that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth
waste, and the
gates thereof
are
burned
with fire :
come ,
and let
us
build up
the wall of Jerusalem, that
we be
no
more a reproach.
And
I declare
to
them the hand of my God that
is
good upon me ,
and
also the words of
the
king
that he said
to
me ,
and they say
, `
Let us rise ,
and
we
have
built;'
and they strengthen
their hands for good.
Then
I told
them of
the hand of my God which
was
good upon me ;
as
also the king's
words that he had
spoken
unto
me .
And they said
, Let us rise up
and build.
So
they strengthened
their hands for this
good work
.
And
Sanballat the Horonite heareth
, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and
they mock
at
us, and despise
us, and say
, `
What `
is '
this thing that ye are
doing
? against the king are
ye
rebelling
? '
But
when
Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard
it,
they laughed
us to
scorn
, and despised
us, and said
, What is this thing that ye do
? will
ye
rebel
against the king?
And
I return
them word
, and say
to
them, `
The God of the
heavens
--
He doth
give
prosperity
to
us ,
and
we His servants rise
and have built;
and
to
you
there
is
no portion, and
right, and
memorial in Jerusalem. '
Then
answered
I them, and said
unto
them, The God of heaven,
he will
prosper
us ;
therefore
we his servants will
arise
and build:
but
ye
have no portion, nor
right, nor
memorial ,
in Jerusalem.
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