Nehemiah 1:11
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.)
Note Literally to the prayer of Your servant and to the prayer of Your servants
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.
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
Note The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Let now
- Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 86:6; Psalm 130:2
- who desire
- Proverbs 1:29; Isaiah 26:8, 9; Hebrews 13:18
- grant
- Nehemiah 2:8; Genesis 32:11, 28; Genesis 43:14; Ezra 1:1; Ezra 7:6, 27, 28; Proverbs 21:1
- For I was
- The office of cup-bearer was one of great trust, honour, and emolument, in the Persian court. To be in such a place of trust he must have been in the king's confidence; for no eastern potentate would have a cup-bearer to whom he could not trust his life, poison being often administered in that way. It was an office much desired, because it gave access to the king in those seasons of hilarity when men are most disposed to grant favours.
- Nehemiah 2:1; Genesis 40:2, 9–13, 21, 23; Genesis 41:9