Nehemiah 2:2

וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ מַדּוּעַ ׀ פָּנֶיךָ רָעִים וְאַתָּה אֵֽינְךָ חוֹלֶה אֵין זֶה כִּי ־ אִם רֹעַֽ לֵב וָאִירָא הַרְבֵּה מְאֹֽד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

In Context

1וַיְהִי ׀ בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ יַיִן לְפָנָיו וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת ־ הַיַּיִן וָאֶתְּנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא ־ הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָֽיו ׃

3וָאֹמַר לַמֶּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְעוֹלָם יִחְיֶה מַדּוּעַ לֹא ־ יֵרְעוּ פָנַי אֲשֶׁר הָעִיר בֵּית ־ קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתַי חֲרֵבָה וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻכְּלוּ בָאֵֽשׁ ׃ ס

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:12תּוֹחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה ־ לֵב וְעֵץ חַיִּים תַּאֲוָה בָאָֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:2-9

Nehemiah's Request to the King. ( b. c. 445.) 1 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. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when… Read the whole commentary →

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