Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king held out the golden scepter unto Esther. Then rose Esther, and stood before the king,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Holman Bible
The king extended the gold scepter
International Standard Version
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before the king.
A Conservative Version
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
American Standard Version
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
Amplified
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king.
Bible in Basic English
Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.
Darby Translation
And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will stretch out to Esther the scepter of gold: and Esther will rise and stand before the king,
King James 2000
Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the king held out to Esther the scepter of gold, and Esther rose and stood before the king,
Modern King James verseion
Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
NET Bible
When the king extended to Esther the gold scepter, she arose and stood before the king.
New Heart English Bible
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
The Emphasized Bible
And the king held out unto Esther, the golden sceptre, - so Esther arose, and stood before the king;
Webster
Then the king held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
World English Bible
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Promoted
3 And Esther spake yet more before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him, that he would put away the wickedness of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had imagined against the Jews. 4 And the king held out the golden scepter unto Esther. Then rose Esther, and stood before the king, 5 and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found grace in his sight, and if it be convenient for the king, and if it be accepted in his sight, then let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, may be called again: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Jews in all the king's lands.
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Cross References
Esther 4:11
"All the king's servants, and the people in the lands of the king know that whosoever cometh within the court unto the king, whether it be man or woman, which is not called, the commandment is that the same shall die immediately, except the king hold out the golden scepter unto him, that he may live. As for me, I have not been called to come in to the king now this thirty days."
Esther 5:2
And when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she found grace in his sight. And the king held out the golden scepter in his hand toward Esther. So Esther stepped forth, and touched the top of the scepter.