When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ¹  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

biblegateway Neh 1:4

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When I heard this, I sat down and cried. I mourned for days. I continued to fast and pray to the God of heaven.

biblegateway Neh 1:4

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

bibleoremus Neh 1:4

When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When I heard this news, I sat and wept, mourning for several days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

biblegateway Neh 1:4

So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

biblegateway Neh 1:4

When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ¹  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

¹ tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.