Esther 8:4
King James Version (KJV)
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
In context
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Esther 8:4 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then the king held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,