Nehemiah 2:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ I said to the king, “Let the king live for ever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And said to the king, Let the king live forever! Why should I not be sad faced when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and its [fortified] gates are consumed by fire?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

³ and replied, “May the king live forever! Why shouldn’t I seem sad when the city, the place of my family’s graves, is in ruins and its gates destroyed by fire?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And I said to the king: "O king, live forever. Why should my expression not be mournful, since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: Why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?

Nehemiah 2:3 Cross References

1 Kings 1:31

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live for ever!”

2 Kings 25:8

In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 21:20

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem; and he departed with no one's regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 28:27

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 32:33

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 36:19

And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, “The survivors there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

Nehemiah 2:13

I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire.

Esther 8:6

For how can I endure to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”

Psalm 102:14

For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust.

Psalm 102:15

The nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Psalm 137:6

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Jeremiah 52:12

In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has ruined and broken her bars; her king and princes are among the nations; the law is no more, and her prophets obtain no vision from the Lord.

Daniel 2:4

Then the Chaldeans said to the king, “O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

Daniel 3:9

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live for ever!

Daniel 5:10

The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall; and the queen said, “O king, live for ever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.

Daniel 6:21

Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live for ever!

Daniel 6:6

Then these presidents and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live for ever!

Leviticus 26:31

And I will lay your cities waste, and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing odors.