So he asked Pharaoh’s officers, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”
Nehemiah 2:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This can only be sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the king said to me, Why do you look sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible the king asked me, “Why do you seem sad? Since you aren’t sick, you must have a broken heart!” I was very afraid Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said to me: "Why is your expression sad, though you do not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart." And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear. |
So he asked Pharaoh’s officers, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.