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Nehemiah 1:4

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4Now it happened that when I heard these words, aI sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before bthe God of heaven.

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Cross references

  1. aEzra 9:3; 10:1
  2. bNeh 2:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

NLTNew Living Translation

When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When I heard these words, I sat and wept and mourned for days, and I was fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

KJV 1900King 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,