Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. And Esther arose 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 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,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Promoted
3 And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot which he had plotted against the Jews. 4 Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king, 5 and said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing is right before the king, and if I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the documents (a sly plan by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite) which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces.
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Cross References
Esther 4:11
And the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his, execution, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.
Esther 5:2
And it happened when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she received favor in his sight. And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter in his hand. And Esther drew near and touched the top of the scepter.