Nehemiah 2:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 2:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וָאֹמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
לְעוֹלָ֣ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
יִחְיֶ֑ה
châyâh
H2421
to live
מַדּ֜וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יֵרְע֣וּ
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
פָנַ֗י
pânîym
H6440
face
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הָעִ֜יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
בֵּית
bayith
H1004
house
קִבְר֤וֹת
qeber
H6913
grave
אֲבֹתַי֙
ʼâb
H1
father
חֲרֵבָ֔ה
chârab
H2717
to lay waste
וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ
shaʻar
H8179
gate
אֻכְּל֥וּ
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
בָאֵֽשׁ
ʼêsh
H784
fire
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I said to the king, “May the king live to eternity! Why should not my face be unpleasant, when the city, the house of the graves of my fathers, is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).