Esther 8:4

Bible in Basic English

Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

Hebrew Names Version
Then the king held out to Ester the golden scepter. So Ester arose, and stood before the king.

King James Version
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

English Standard Version
When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, Esther rose and stood before the king.

New Century Version
The king held out the gold scepter to Esther. So Esther got up and stood in front of him.

New English Translation
When the king extended to Esther the gold scepter, she arose and stood before the king.

Amplified Bible
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

New American Standard Bible
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther got up 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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King held out the golden scepter toward Ester. Then arose Ester, and stood before the King,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

Berean Standard Bible
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.

Contemporary English Version
King Xerxes held out the golden scepter to Esther,

Complete Jewish Bible
The king extended the gold scepter toward Ester. So Ester got up and stood in front of the king.

Darby Translation
And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king held out the gold scepter to Esther. Esther got up and stood in front of the king.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther touched it and stood before the king

Good News Translation
The king held out the gold scepter to her, so she stood up and said,

Lexham English Bible
And the king held out to Esther the scepter of gold, and Esther rose and stood before the king,

Literal Translation
Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, and Esther rose up and stood before the king,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge helde out the golden cepter vnto Hester. Then rose Hester, and stode before the kynge,

American Standard Version
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. Then rose Esther, and stode before the king,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

King James Version (1611)
Then the king helde out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.

English Revised Version
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng bi custom helde forth the goldun yerde of the kyng with his hond, bi which the signe of merci was schewid. `Therfor sche roos vp,

Update Bible Version
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

New King James Version
And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king,

New Living Translation
Again the king held out the gold scepter to Esther. So she rose and stood before him.

New Life Bible
The king held out the special golden stick toward Esther. So she got up and stood in front of the king.

New Revised Standard
The king held out the golden scepter to Esther,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king held out unto Esther, the golden sceptre, - so Esther arose, and stood before the king;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,

Revised Standard Version
And the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,

Young's Literal Translation
and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

Contextual Overview

³ Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews. ⁴ Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king. ⁵ And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom: ⁶ For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people? ⁷ Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews. ⁸ So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed. ⁹ Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language. ¹⁰ The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses: ¹¹ In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force, ¹² On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

held out: Esther 4:11, Esther 5:2

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

Genesis 8:19
And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

2 Kings 19:37
And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.

Isaiah 37:38
And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.

Jeremiah 51:27
Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king held out the golden sceptre towards Esther,.... As a token that she had not incurred his displeasure by coming into his presence without leave, and that she was admitted to speak and make her request; see Esther 5:3

so Esther arose and stood before the king; she rose from the ground on which she lay prostrate, and stood upon her feet, in an humble manner, to make her speech, and present her petition to the king.