Esther 8:4

Good News Translation

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

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

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.

Bible in Basic English
Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up 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 spoke to the king again, throwing herself at his feet and crying. She begged him to do something to stop the evil plot that Haman, the descendant of Agag, had made against the Jews. ⁴ The king held out the gold scepter to her, so she stood up and said, ⁵ "If it please Your Majesty, and if you care about me and if it seems right to you, please issue a proclamation to keep Haman's orders from being carried out—those orders that the son of Hammedatha the descendant of Agag gave for the destruction of all the Jews in the empire. ⁶ How can I endure it if this disaster comes on my people, and my own relatives are killed?" ⁷ King Xerxes then said to Queen Esther and Mordecai, the Jew, "Look, I have hanged Haman for his plot against the Jews, and I have given Esther his property. ⁸ But a proclamation issued in the king's name and stamped with the royal seal cannot be revoked. You may, however, write to the Jews whatever you like; and you may write it in my name and stamp it with the royal seal." ⁹ This happened on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. Mordecai called the king's secretaries and dictated letters to the Jews and to the governors, administrators, and officials of all the 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia. The letters were written to each province in its own language and system of writing and to the Jews in their language and system of writing. ¹⁰ Mordecai had the letters written in the name of King Xerxes, and he stamped them with the royal seal. They were delivered by riders mounted on fast horses from the royal stables. ¹¹ These letters explained that the king would allow the Jews in every city to organize for self-defense. If armed men of any nationality in any province attacked the Jewish men, their children, or their women, the Jews could fight back and destroy the attackers; they could slaughter them to the last man and take their possessions. ¹² This decree was to take effect throughout the Persian Empire on the day set for the slaughter of the Jews, the thirteenth of Adar, the twelfth month.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."

Genesis 8:19
All the animals and birds went out of the boat in groups of their own kind.

2 Kings 19:37
One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.

Isaiah 37:38
One day when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.

Jeremiah 51:27
"Give the signal to attack! Blow the trumpet so that the nations can hear! Prepare the nations for war against Babylonia! Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack. Appoint an officer to lead the attack. Bring up the horses like a swarm of 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.