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Nehemiah 2:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 3 Then I said to the king: “Long live the king! Why should I not look gloomy when the city, the place where my forefathers are buried, lies in ruins, and its gates have been consumed by fire?”+

Nehemiah 2:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 3 Then I said to the king: “Long live the king! Why should I not look gloomy when the city, the place where my forefathers are buried, lies in ruins, and its gates have been consumed by fire?”+

Nehemiah 2:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 3 Then I said to the king: “Let the king himself live to time indefinite!+ Why should not my face become gloomy when the city,+ the house of the burial places of my forefathers,+ is devastated, and its very gates have been eaten up with fire?”+

Nehemiah 2:3

The Bible in Living English
- 3 ** but said to the king “May the king live forever—how should my face not be sad when the city, the burial-place of my fathers, is lying waste and its gates have been burned down?”

Nehemiah 2:3

American Standard Version
- 3 And I 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?

Nehemiah 2:3

The Emphasized Bible
- 3 and said unto the king—Let the king unto times age-abiding live! Wherefore should my countenance not be sad when the city—the place of the sepulchres of my fathers lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?