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.
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,
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).
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,
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