English Language Versions
KJV And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
KJVP And said H559 unto the king, H4428 Let the king H4428 live H2421 forever: H5769 why H4069 should not H3808 my countenance H6440 be sad, H7489 when H834 the city, H5892 the place H1004 of my fathers's H1epulchers, H6913 lieth waste, H2720 and the gates H8179 thereof are consumed H398 with fire H784 ?
YLT and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?`
ASV And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
WEB I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers\' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
RV And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers- sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
NET I replied to the king, "O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?"
ERVEN But even though I was afraid, I said to the king, "May the king live forever! I am sad because the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and the gates of that city have been destroyed by fire."