Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it. If it please Ezra 5:17 Now therefore if it seem good to the king, let him search in the king's library, which is in Babylon, whether it hath been decreed by Cyrus the king, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. Esther 1:19 If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place. Esther 5:8 If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king and Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I will open my mind to the king. Esther 7:3 Then she answered: If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request. Esther 8:5 And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed by new letters. and if thy Ruth 2:13 And she said: I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted me, and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to one of thy maids. 2 Samuel 14:22 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant. Proverbs 3:4 Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence. Context Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem…4Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven, 5And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it.6And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time.… Cross References Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful but within are full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness. Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven, Nehemiah 2:6 And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time. Lexicon and answeredוָאֹמַ֣ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the king, לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king “If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not it pleases ט֔וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2895: To be pleasing or good the king, הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king and if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not your servant עַבְדְּךָ֖ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant has found favor יִיטַ֥ב (yî·ṭaḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing in your sight, לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face I ask that אֲשֶׁ֧ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you send me תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי (tiš·lā·ḥê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Judah, יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the city עִ֛יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement where my fathers אֲבֹתַ֖י (’ă·ḇō·ṯay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father are buried, קִבְר֥וֹת (qiḇ·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6913: A grave, sepulcher so that I may rebuild it.” וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ (wə·’eḇ·nen·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build Additional Translations and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it. And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers'sepulchres, that I may build it. And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, I ask that thou wouldest send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it. And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. And I said to the king, If it should please the king, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it. I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it." and say to the king, 'If to the king it be good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.' 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