Nehemiah 2:6

English Standard Version

6 And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time. (Ne 5:14; Ne 13:6; Ps 45:9) 

New International Version

6 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, ‘How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?’ It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time. 

New International Reader’s Version

6 The queen was sitting beside the king. He turned and asked me, ‘How long will your journey take? When will you get back?’ It pleased the king to send me. So I chose a certain time. 

King James Version

6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 

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