Esther 8:4
“Then the king helde out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,”
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Esther 8:4 Context
2And the king tooke off his Ring which he had taken from Haman, and gaue it vnto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai ouer the house of Haman. 3¶ And Esther spake yet againe before the king, and fell downe at his feet, and besought him with teares, to put away the mischiefe of Haman the Agagite, and his deuice, that he had deuised against the Iewes. 4Then the king helde out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 5And said, If it please the king, and if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing seeme right before the king, and I bee pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reuerse the letters deuised by Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, which hee wrote to destroy the Iewes, which are in all the kings prouinces. 6For how can I endure to see the euill that shall come vnto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kinred?
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Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
- King James Version
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.
- Basic English Bible
And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
- Darby Bible
Then the king held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
- Webster's Bible
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
- World English Bible
and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
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