KJV King James Version
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.
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Nehemiah 2:1
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
WEB World English Bible
It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine is before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 2
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 the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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וַיְהִ֣י׀H1961 · ha.yahto beבְּחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthנִיסָ֗ןH5212 · ni.sanNisanשְׁנַ֥תH8141 · sha.nehyearעֶשְׂרִ֛יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאH783 · ar.tach.shash.taArtaxerxesהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיַ֣יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineלְפָנָ֑יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוָאֶשָּׂ֤אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיַּ֙יִן֙H3196 · ya.yinwineוָאֶתְּנָ֣הH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotהָיִ֥יתִיH1961 · ha.yahto beרַ֖עH7451 · rabad: harmfulלְפָנָֽיו׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
Ezra 7:1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,Nehemiah 1:11O 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.Nehemiah 1:1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,Ezra 7:7And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.Esther 3:7In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar.Genesis 40:21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:Genesis 40:11And Pharaoh’s cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
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