Nehemiah 2:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then I came to the governors beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

Common English Bible

⁹ So I went to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. The king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And I came to the governors of the country beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. And the king had sent wish me captains of soldiers, and horsemen.

Nehemiah 2:9 Cross References

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.

Nehemiah 2:7

Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may grant me passage until I arrive in Judah,