Nehemiah 2:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then I told the king, “Sir, if it's all right with you, please send me back to Judah, so that I can rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:22

Joab bowed very low and said, “Your Majesty, I thank you for giving your permission. It shows that you approve of me.”

Ezra 5:17

Your Majesty, please order someone to look up the old records in Babylonia and find out if King Cyrus really did give orders to rebuild God's temple in Jerusalem. We will do whatever you think we should.

Nehemiah 2:4

The king asked, “What do you want me to do?” I prayed to the God who rules from heaven.

Nehemiah 2:6

The queen was sitting beside the king when he asked me, “How long will it take, and when will you be back?” The king agreed to let me go, and I told him when I would return.

Esther 1:19

Your Majesty, if you agree, you should write for the Medes and Persians a law that can never be changed. This law would keep Queen Vashti from ever seeing you again. Then you could let someone who respects you be queen in her place.

Esther 7:3

Esther answered, “Your Majesty, if you really care for me and are willing to help, you can save me and my people. That's what I really want,

Esther 8:5

and she got up and said, “Your Majesty, I know that you will do the right thing and that you really love me. Please stop what Haman has planned. He has already sent letters demanding that the Jews in all your provinces be killed,

Proverbs 3:4

God and people will like you and consider you a success.

Daniel 9:25

You need to realize that from the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Chosen Leader, it will be seven weeks and another sixty-two weeks. Streets will be built in Jerusalem, and a trench will be dug around the city for protection, but these will be difficult times.

Matthew 23:27

You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You're like tombs that have been whitewashed. On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth.

Ruth 2:13

Ruth replied, “Sir, it's good of you to speak kindly to me and make me feel so welcome. I'm not even one of your servants.”