Nehemiah 2:5

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

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.

BSB

and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

WEB

I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”

YLT

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.’

F.O.G Original

I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your slave is pleasing before you, send me to Y’hudah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I may rebuild it.”

F.O.G

I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your slave is pleasing before you, send me to Y’hudah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I may rebuild it.”

F.O.G MSG

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