Nehemiah 1:11

Nehemiah 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” I was cupbearer to the king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire 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 cupbearer.

Context of Nehemiah 1:11

9But if they return to me and they obey my commands, I will be kind to them. I will bring them back together again from all the different places where they are living. Even if they live far away, I will find them. I will bring them to the place that I have chosen to give honour to my name.” 10Lord, these are your people and your servants. You used your great power and strength to rescue them. Please listen to my prayer, my Lord. Hear the prayers of your people who love to respect your name. Please cause the king to be kind to me. May he give me what I ask for.’ I was the king's cupbearer.

Nehemiah 1:11 word by word

אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗י תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֨ת עַבְדְּךָ֜ וְאֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙ לְיִרְאָ֣ה אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־נָּ֤א לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וּתְנֵ֣הוּ לְרַחֲמִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וַאֲנִ֛י הָיִ֥יתִי מַשְׁקֶ֖ה לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• I beseechאָֽנָּ֫א'ân'â 'ânnâh · Please!H577
• thee, let now thine earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• be attentiveקַשָּׁבqashshâb qashshûb · attentiveH7183
• to the prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• of thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• who desireחָפֵץchâphêts · delightingH2655
• to fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
• thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• and prosperצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743
• this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and grantנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• him mercyרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• in the sightפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of this manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• For I was the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• cupbearerשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: wateringH8248

Cross-references for Nehemiah 1:11

• Nehemiah 1:6Please listen to my prayer. I am your servant. I am praying in the day and in the night on behalf of your servants, the Israelites. I agree that we have all done wrong things. That includes me and my family. We have not obeyed you.
• Psalms 86:6Lord, hear my prayer! Please listen when I call to you for help.
• Psalms 130:2My Lord, please listen to me! I am asking you to be kind and help me.
• Proverbs 1:29They have refused to learn what is right. They have refused to respect the Lord.
• Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, as we follow the path of your justice, we wait for you to help us. We really want people to know that you are great. We want them to praise your name.
• Hebrews 13:18Pray to God for us. We are sure in our minds that we have done nothing wrong. We always want to do only what is right.
• Nehemiah 2:8Also give me a letter for Asaph, who takes care of the king's forest there. Tell him to give me wood from the trees. I need to make beams to mend the gates of the strong place near the temple. I also need to mend the city's wall. And I need to build a house for myself to live in.’ The king agreed to do what I asked him, because my God was with me.
• Genesis 32:11I pray that you will save me from the power of my brother Esau. I am afraid that he will come and attack me. He may also attack my family.
• Genesis 43:14I pray that God Almighty will help you. I pray that God will cause the man to be kind to you. Then he will let your older brother go free. He and Benjamin will return here with you. As for me, if I must lose my sons, then I will lose them. There is nothing that I can do to stop it.’
• Ezra 1:1In the first year that Cyrus, king of Persia, was ruling Babylon, the Lord put a thought in his mind. King Cyrus decided to send a message to everybody who lived in his kingdom. His message would cause what God had already spoken to his prophet Jeremiah to become true. The message was written down and people took it all over Cyrus's kingdom. It said:
• Ezra 7:6This man Ezra arrived from Babylon. He was a teacher who knew the law of Moses very well. The Lord, Israel's God, had given that law to Moses. Ezra served the Lord as his God. The Lord was kind and he helped Ezra, so that the king of Persia gave him everything that he asked for.
• Proverbs 21:1The Lord controls the things that a king decides to do. He can change the king's thoughts, like the direction of a stream.
• Nehemiah 2:1It was the month of Nisan, when King Artaxerxes had ruled Babylon for 20 years. I had the king's wine ready for him to drink. I took it to give to him. He saw that I was sad. I had not been sad in front of the king before.
• Genesis 40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, both the cupbearer and the baker.
• Genesis 41:9Then the king's cupbearer said to Pharaoh, ‘Now I remember that I have done a wrong thing!

Commentaries on Nehemiah 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Mercy in the sight of this man - Favour before the king, Ahasuerus. He seems then to have been giving him the cup. For I was the king's cup-bearer - The king's butler, (the Persians call him saky ), which gave him the opportunity of being frequently with the king; and to be in such a place of trust, he must be in the king's confidence. No Eastern potentate would have a cup-bearer with whom he could not trust his life, poison being frequently administered…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11A Persian king had numerous cup-bearers, each of whom probably discharged the office in his turn.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11grant him mercy in the sight of this man: Nehemiah knew God could make the king kind to him. As a cup-bearer, Nehemiah tasted the king’s wine to ensure it was safe. This role gave him daily access to King Artaxerxes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I was the king's cupbearer--This officer, in the ancient Oriental courts, was always a person of rank and importance; and, from the confidential nature of his duties and his frequent access to the royal presence, he possessed great influence.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Nehemiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings