Nehemiah 2:7

WEB

⁷Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

KJV

⁷Moreover I said^[+] unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

BSB

⁷I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates,^[+] so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.

FBV

⁷I also asked him, “If it pleases Your Majesty, let letters be provided to give to the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will allow me to pass safely until I reach Judah.

Extra References

Ezra 7:21

²¹I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,

Nehemiah 2:9

⁹Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

Ezra 8:36

³⁶They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.

Ezra 6:6

⁶Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

Ezra 8:22

²²For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”