Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear: Why is thy Genesis 40:7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual? sorrow Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down. Context Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem1And 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. 2And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:3And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?… Cross References Genesis 40:7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual? Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down. Lexicon so the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king said וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to me, לִ֨י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew “Why [is] מַדּ֣וּעַ ׀ (mad·dū·a‘) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4069: Why? for what reason? your face פָּנֶ֣יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face sad, רָעִ֗ים (rā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil though you [are] וְאַתָּה֙ (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you not אֵֽינְךָ֣ (’ê·nə·ḵā) Adverb | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle ill? חוֹלֶ֔ה (ḥō·w·leh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2470: To be weak or sick This זֶ֔ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that could only be אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle sadness רֹ֣עַֽ (rō·a‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7455: Badness, evil of the heart.” לֵ֑ב (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre I was overwhelmed with fear וָאִירָ֖א (wā·’î·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Additional Translations so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fearWhy the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed, And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid. And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. Wherefore the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid, The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid. and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much, Jump to Previous Afraid Countenance Except Face Full Greatly Heart Ill Sad Sadness Sick Sore Sorrow WhereforeJump to Next Afraid Countenance Except Face Full Greatly Heart Ill Sad Sadness Sick Sore Sorrow WhereforeExternal Links Nehemiah 2:2 NIVNehemiah 2:2 NLT Nehemiah 2:2 ESV Nehemiah 2:2 NASB Nehemiah 2:2 ASV Nehemiah 2:2 Bible Apps Nehemiah 2:2 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 2:2 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 2:2 French Bible Nehemiah 2:2 German Bible Alphabetical: afraid are asked be but can does face heart I ill is king look me much not nothing of sad sadness said sick so the Then This though to very was when Why you your OT History: Nehemiah 2:2 The king said to me Why (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |