Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
KJV · King James Version
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

Note The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

WEB · World English Bible
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I sat down
1 Samuel 4:17–22; Ezra 10:1; Psalm 69:9, 10; Psalm 102:13, 14; Psalm 137:1; Daniel 9:3; Zephaniah 3:18; Romans 12:15
the God
Nehemiah 2:4; Ezra 5:11, 12; Daniel 2:18; Jonah 1:9