11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.”

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11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”

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11 O Lord, (A)let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

Now I was (B)cupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah Sent to Judah

In the month of Nisan, (C)in the twentieth year of King (D)Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, (E)I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(A) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(B) in the presence of this man.”

I was cupbearer(C) to the king.

Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem

In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,(D) when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,

the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing, his cupbearers, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her.

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the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:4 Or and the ascent by which he went up to

the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her.

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the food on his table,(A) the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:5 Or the ascent by which he went up to

10 then your (A)barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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10 then your barns will be filled(A) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(B)

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(A)“Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

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“You and your sons are not to drink wine(A) or other fermented drink(B) whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance(C) for the generations to come,

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11 Binding his foal to the vine
    and his donkey's colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
    and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

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11 He will tether his donkey(A) to a vine,
    his colt to the choicest branch;(B)
he will wash his garments in wine,
    his robes in the blood of grapes.(C)

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21 (A)He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and (B)he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

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21 He restored the chief cupbearer(A) to his position,(B) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand(C)

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