Nehemiah 2:5 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
And I said to the king, If it should please the king, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.
World English Bible (WEB)
I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
and say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'
| And I said | וָֽאֹמַ֣ר | wāʾōmar | va-oh-MAHR |
| unto the king, | לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | lammelek | la-MEH-lek |
| If | אִם | ʾim | eem |
| it please | עַל | ʿal | al |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hammelek | ha-MEH-lek | |
| the king, | ט֔וֹב | ṭôb | tove |
| and if | וְאִם | wĕʾim | veh-EEM |
| thy servant | יִיטַ֥ב | yîṭab | yee-TAHV |
| have found favour | עַבְדְּךָ֖ | ʿabdĕkā | av-deh-HA |
| in thy sight, | לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | lĕpānêkā | leh-fa-NAY-ha |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| thou wouldest send | תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי | tišlāḥēnî | teesh-la-HAY-nee |
| me unto | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| Judah, | יְהוּדָ֗ה | yĕhûdâ | yeh-hoo-DA |
| unto | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| the city | עִ֛יר | ʿîr | eer |
| of my fathers' | קִבְר֥וֹת | qibrôt | keev-ROTE |
| sepulchres, | אֲבֹתַ֖י | ʾăbōtay | uh-voh-TAI |
| that I may build | וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ | wĕʾebnennâ | veh-ev-NEH-na |