Nehemiah 2:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² 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

² 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.

Nehemiah 2:2 Cross References

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Genesis 40:7

So he asked Pharaoh’s officers, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.