Nehemiah 1:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ And it came to be, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days. And I was fasting and praying before the Elohim of the heavens,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

Common English Bible

⁴ When I heard this news, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

And Dawiḏ

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before יהוה  when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a ruin and a curse, and did tore your garments and wept before Me, I also have heard,” declares יהוה.

2 Chronicles 6:13

for Shelomoh had made a bronze platform five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court. And he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Yisra’ĕ

Ezra 1:2

“Thus said Koresh sovereign of Persia, ‘יהוה  Elohim of the heavens has given me all the reigns of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house in Yerushalayim which is in Yehuḏ

Ezra 10:1

And while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the House of Elohim, a very large assembly – men and women and children – gathered unto him from Yisra’ĕ

Ezra 9:3

And when I heard this word, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

Ezra 9:5

And at the evening offering I rose from my affliction. And having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to יהוה  my Elohim,

Nehemiah 2:20

And I answered them, and said to them, “The Elohim of the heavens, He shall bless us and let us, His servants, rise and build, but you have no portion or right or remembrance in Yerushalayim.”

Nehemiah 2:4

And the sovereign said to me, “What are you asking for?” Then I prayed to the Elohim of the heavens,

Psalm 102:15

And the nations shall fear the Name of יהוה, And all the sovereigns of the earth Your esteem,

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the Ě

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Baḇ

Daniel 10:2

In those days I, Dani’ĕ

Daniel 2:18

to seek compassion from the Elah of the heavens concerning this secret, so that Dani’ĕ

Daniel 9:3

So I set my face toward יהוה  the Elohim to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Jonah 1:9

And he said to them, “I am a Heḇ

Zephaniah 3:18

“I shall gather those who grieve about the appointed place, who are among you, to whom its reproach is a burden.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.