Nehemiah 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.

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

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 this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

When I heard this, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God-of-Heaven.

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

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

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.

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.