Nehemiah 1:4 “When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fas…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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,

World English Bible

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

American Standard Version

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,

Geneva Bible 1599

And when I heard these wordes, I sate downe and wept, and mourned certeine dayes, and I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,

Darby Translation

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

Young's Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn [for] days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

Bible in Basic English

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

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Cross references

“I sat down”

Daniel 9:3 Psalm 137:1 Ezra 10:1 Zephaniah 3:18 Romans 12:15 1 Samuel 4:17–22

Daniel 9:3 · BSB

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Psalm 137:1 · BSB

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Ezra 10:1 · BSB

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

Zephaniah 3:18 · BSB

“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

Romans 12:15 · BSB

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 Samuel 4:17–22 · BSB

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

“the God”

Nehemiah 2:4 Daniel 2:18 Jonah 1:9 Ezra 5:11 Ezra 5:12

Nehemiah 2:4 · BSB

“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Daniel 2:18 · BSB

urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Jonah 1:9 · BSB

“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

Ezra 5:11 · BSB

And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Ezra 5:12 · BSB

But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

Also

Ezra 9:3

Ezra 9:3 · BSB

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

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