• Nehemiah 2:8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 8 as well as a letter to Aʹsaph the keeper of the Royal Park,* so that he may give me timber for beams for the gates of the Fortress+ of the House* and for the walls of the city+ and for the house where I will go.” So the king gave them to me,+ for the good hand of my God was upon me.+

  • Nehemiah 2:8
    The Bible in Living English

    • 8* and a letter to Asaph the king’s forester to give me timber for constructing the citadel gates for the house and for the wall of the city and for the house I am to occupy”; and the king gave me these, in accordance with God’s kindly hand upon me.

  • Nehemiah 2:8
    American Standard Version

    • 8 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 castle which appertaineth 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.

  • Nehemiah 2:8
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 8 also a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king, that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house and for the wall of the city, and for the house whereinto I shall enter. And the king gave me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  • Nehemiah 2:8
    King James Version

    • 8 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.