 | James Talboys Wheeler - Historians - 1856 - 478 pages
...he owed so many favors and benefits, but still he determined to speak out. " Let the king," he said, "live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchers, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" The king asked what... | |
 | 1856 - 552 pages
...sovereign. The sadness of the cup-bearer at once, therefore, attracted the king's notice, and he asked, " Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? This is nothing but sorrow of heart." At being thus accosted, Nehemiah became alarmed, but he instantly replied, "... | |
 | 1858 - 1014 pages
...king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why it niversity Press 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the... | |
 | Edward Monro - 1858 - 510 pages
...king as his cup-bearer ; and never having been sad in his presence before, the king said to him, " Why is thy countenance sad ? seeing thou art not sick ; this is nothing else but sorrow of heart!" "And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever ! Why should not my countenance be sad, when... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - Incarnation - 1858 - 486 pages
...in the seventh year of his reign. For in reply to Nehemiah's statement accounting for his grief, " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchre, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" (v. 3), as well as... | |
 | William James Mutch - Bible stories - 1914 - 600 pages
...usual, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not...sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. And I said to the king, Let the king live forever; why should not my countenance be sad, when the city,... | |
 | Bible - 1914 - 568 pages
...took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art npt sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. And I said unto the... | |
 | Charles Elbert Rhodes - Bible as literature - 1915 - 408 pages
...took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. And the king said unto me, "Why is thy countenance sad,...sorrow of heart." Then I was very sore afraid. And I said unto the king, " Let the .king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when :... | |
 | James Hastings - Prayer - 1915 - 474 pages
...said the Lord. Nehemiah stood before King Artaxerxes. The monarch noted his inward grief, and said, " Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." That question opened the door to admit the answer to three months' praying ; and the hot desire that... | |
 | International Sunday school lessons - 1916 - 406 pages
...him more deeply- than usual. But the Lord's time had come. 2. The king noticed the change, and said, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? This is nothing else hut sorrow of heart. Sad in a king's palace! and in the presence of the king! Then I was very sore... | |
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Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. 
