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Nehemiah 1:1
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Nehemiah Prays for His People

1 The words of aNehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the btwentieth year, as I was in cShushan the citadel,  
2 that aHanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.  
3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the aprovince are there in great distress and breproach. cThe wall of Jerusalem dis also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”  
4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
5 And I said: “I pray, aLord God of heaven, O great and bawesome God, cYou who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love1 You and observe Your commandments,  
6 please let Your ear be attentive and aYour eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and bconfess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.  
7 aWe have acted very corruptly against You, and have bnot kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.  
8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, a‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;  
9 abut if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, bthough some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’  
10 aNow these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.  
11 O Lord, I pray, please alet Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who bdesire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s ccupbearer. 
Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 1:1

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American Standard Version
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

Amplified® Bible
THE WORDS {or} story of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: Now in the month of Chislev in the twentieth year [of the Persian king], as I was in the castle of Shushan,

Contemporary English Version
I am Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and in this book I tell what I have done. During the month of Chislev in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes ruled Persia, I was in his fortress city of Susa,

Darby English Version
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,

Good News Bible
This is the account of what Nehemiah son of Hacaliah accomplished. In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was emperor of Persia, I, Nehemiah, was in Susa, the capital city.

King James Version
The 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,

New American Standard Bible
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, {in} the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol,

New International Version
The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:
In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

New King James Version
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I lived in Susa the capitol,

Revised Standard Version
The words of Nehemi'ah the son of Hacali'ah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital,

Young's Literal Translation
Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace,


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