Esther 8:4
World English Bible (WEB)
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
In context
2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
5 She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king’s provinces.
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
Esther 8:4 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
- KJV King James Version
- Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. 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,