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Nehemiah 1:11

Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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 delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king.

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Cross-references (20)

Passages linked to Nehemiah 1:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Nehemiah 1:6 Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
  • Nehemiah 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
  • Nehemiah 2:1 In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
  • Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
  • Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
  • Ezra 7:6 this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.
  • Psalms 130:2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
  • Psalms 86:6 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.
  • Genesis 40:21 He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
  • Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
  • Ezra 7:27-28 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem; and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to Yahweh my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.
  • Genesis 40:23 Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.
  • Isaiah 26:8-9 Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul. With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
  • Genesis 32:11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.
  • Genesis 40:9-13 The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.” Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cup bearer.
  • Genesis 41:9 Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.
  • Genesis 32:28 He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
  • Genesis 43:14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
  • Proverbs 1:29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
  • Genesis 40:2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, to worship thee.

That is, to worship thee.

To wit, the king Artaxerxes.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Neh 1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In the sight of this man, the king; who…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To fear thy name - Those who truly desire…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Mercy in the sight of this man.]…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 1:11. Who desire to fear thy name —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A Persian king had numerous cup-bearers, each of whom…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Man; (virum) the great king, (Haydock) Artaxerxes. (Calmet) ---…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I was the king's cupbearer--This officer, in the ancient…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Mercy in the sight of this man —…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. The special Intercession (a) generally, that the prayer…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Prosper thy servant this day. "This day" does not…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:11 making the king favorable to me: Nehemiah knew…

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