NEH 2:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) In the spring of the twentieth year of King Artahshashta’s reign, I was serving wine to the king. I’d never looked sad before in his presence,

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrTr And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave it to the king: and there was not another before him.

ULT And it happened that, in the month of Nisan, in year 20 of Artaxerxes the king, wine was before his face. And I lifted the wine, and I gave it to the king, and I was not unpleasant before his face.

UST I prayed like this for four months. Then one day in the month of Nisan, still in the twentieth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, something happened. When it was time to serve the wine, I took some and gave it to the king. I had never before looked sad in his presence.

BSB Now in the month of Nisan,[fn] in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

2:1 Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of March and April.

OEB And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when I had charge of the wine, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not beforetime been sad.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence.

LSV And it comes to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

FBV In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' reign, when the wine was brought in for him, I picked it up and gave it to the king. I had never before appeared before him looking sad,

T4T After King Artaxerxes had been ruling the Persian Empire for almost 20 years, ◄during the spring/before the hot season► of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him during a feast, I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, but on that day he saw that I looked very sad.

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BBE And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

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JPS And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

ASV And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

DRA And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face.

YLT And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

Drby And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

RV And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

SLT And it will be in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year to Arthasatha the king, wine before him: and I shall lift up the wine and give to the king. And I was not sad before him.

Wbstr And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not before been sad in his presence.

KJB-1769 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

KJB-1611 ¶ And it came to passe, in the moneth Nisan, in the twentieth yeere of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King: now I had not bene beforetime sad in his presence.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

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Gnva Nowe in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth yere of king Artahshashte, the wine stoode before him, and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King. nowe I was not before time sad in his presence.
(Now in the month Nisan in the twentieth year of king Artahshashte, the wine stood before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the King. now I was not before time sad in his presence. )

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ClVg Factum est autem in mense Nisan, anno vigesimo Artaxerxis regis: et vinum erat ante eum, et levavi vinum, et dedi regi: et eram quasi languidus ante faciem ejus.[fn]
(Done it_is however in/into/on a_month Nisan, in_the_year twentieth Artaxerxis king: and wine was before him, and I_lifted wine, and I_gave regi: and I_was as_if languidus before face his. )

2.1 Factum est autem. BED. in Esdram. Qui scilicet est primus mensis anni, etc., usque ad suum intimare. Erat quidem princeps vinarius, regi poculum porrigebat, officium lætitiæ foris agebat, sed interius lugebat: quia civitatem sanctam dirutam, etc. Unde: Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus, etc. Psal. CXXVI.

2.1 Done it_is however. BED. in/into/on Esdram. Who namely it_is primus month of_the_year, etc., until to his_own intimare. It_was indeed prince vinarius, to_rule a_cup porrigebat, officium of_happiness outside agebat, but inside lugebat: because the_city holym dirutam, etc. Whence: Above/Over rivers Babylonis there I_sat_downmus, etc. Psal. CXXVI.

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֣י

and=he/it_was

Nehemiah uses this phrase to introduce the next event in his story. You do not need to represent it in your translation unless your language has a similar expression that it characteristically uses. Alternate translation: [Then one day]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן שְׁנַ֥ת עֶשְׂרִ֛ים לְ⁠אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ

in/on/at/with,month_of Nisan year_of twentieth of,Artaxerxes the=king

Since there were twelve months in the Hebrew calendar, and it was still the same year in the reign of Artaxerxes, this means that four months had gone by since Hanani came and spoke with Nehemiah. The implication is that Nehemiah had been praying all this time in the way described in chapter 1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [I prayed like this for four months]

Note 3 topic: translate-hebrewmonths

בְּ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן

in/on/at/with,month_of Nisan

Nisan is the name of the first month of the Hebrew calendar.

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

שְׁנַ֥ת עֶשְׂרִ֛ים לְ⁠אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ

year_of twentieth of,Artaxerxes the=king

This is referring to the number of years that Artaxerxes had been reigning as king. Alternate translation: [in year 20 of the reign of Artaxerxes as the king of Persia]

יַ֣יִן לְ⁠פָנָ֑י⁠ו

wine before,face/front,him

Him means King Artaxerxes. Alternate translation: [when it was time to serve him the wine]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יַ֣יִן לְ⁠פָנָ֑י⁠ו

wine before,face/front,him

Here, face is a figurative way of referring to the presence of a person. This sentence means that a time had come when Nehemiah needed to serve wine to the king.

וָ⁠אֶשָּׂ֤א אֶת־הַ⁠יַּ֨יִן֙ וָ⁠אֶתְּנָ֣⁠ה לַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

and,carried DOM the,wine and,gave, to/for=the_king

Alternate translation: [I poured a cup of wine and gave it to the king]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠לֹא־הָיִ֥יתִי רַ֖ע לְ⁠פָנָֽי⁠ו

and=not been evil in,presence_of,his

In this context, unpleasant refers to a person looking sad or upset. Alternate translation: [I did not look sad in his presence]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לֹא־הָיִ֥יתִי

and=not been

The context suggests that I was not actually means I had never been. It seems that King Artaxerxes always wanted his officials to be cheerful in his presence. That is why Nehemaiah became afraid when the king asked him why he was sad. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say “I had never been”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠פָנָ֑י⁠ו

before,face/front,him

Here, face is a figurative way of referring to the presence of a person. Alternate translation: [in his presence]

Parallel NEH 2:1