Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So 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 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.
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 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 plot that he had devised 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 seem 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.
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Cross References
Esther 4:11
"All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days."
Esther 5:2
When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.