Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up 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
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,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king held out the golden scepter unto Esther. Then rose Esther, 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,
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Promoted
3 Then Esther spoke to the king again and fell at his feet. She wept and pleaded with him for mercy to overturn the evil plan devised by Haman the Agagite and his plot against the Jewish people. 4 The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before the king. 5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I've found favor with him, and if the matter is proper in the king's opinion, and if I'm pleasing to the king, let an order be issued revoking the letters devised by Hammedatha the Agagite's son Haman, which ordered the destruction of the Jewish people throughout the king's provinces.
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Cross References
Esther 4:11
"Every servant of the king and every person in the king's provinces knows that for any man or woman who goes to the king in the inner court without being summoned there is only one law that he be put to death unless the king holds out the golden scepter to him. Only then he will live. For these last 30 days I've not been summoned to come to the king."
Esther 5:2
When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard, she won his favor, and the king extended to Esther the gold scepter that he was holding. Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.