Esther 8:4

Updated Bible Version

Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood 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.

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,

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 And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and implored him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device 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 And she said, If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right before 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 that are in all the king's provinces: ⁶ for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? ⁷ Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Look, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews. ⁸ You write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. ⁹ Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. ¹⁰ And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud: ¹¹ wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, ¹² on one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

Genesis 8:19
every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

2 Kings 19:37
And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 37:38
And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

Jeremiah 51:27
Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

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.