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Nehemiah 1:11

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O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

O Lord {H136}, I beseech {H577} thee, let now thine ear {H241} be attentive {H7183} to the prayer {H8605} of thy servant {H5650}, and to the prayer {H8605} of thy servants {H5650}, who desire {H2655} to fear {H3372} thy name {H8034}: and prosper {H6743}, I pray thee, thy servant {H5650} this day {H3117}, and grant {H5414} him mercy {H7356} in the sight {H6440} of this man {H376}. For I was the king's {H4428} cupbearer {H8248}.

Adonai, please, let your ear now be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take joy in fearing your name: please let your servant succeed today and win this man's compassion"- for I was the king's personal attendant.

O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

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Cross-References

  • Nehemiah 1:6 (21 votes)

    Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

  • Nehemiah 2:8 (13 votes)

    And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertained] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  • Nehemiah 2:1 (11 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.

  • Hebrews 13:18 (10 votes)

    ¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

  • Proverbs 21:1 (10 votes)

    ¶ The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

  • Psalms 130:2 (8 votes)

    Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

  • Ezra 7:6 (8 votes)

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.