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Esther 5:2

Esther chapter 5 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Context

v.1Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.

v.2This passage

v.3Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Esther 2:9

    And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king’s house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

  • Proverbs 21:1

    The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

  • Esther 8:4

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

  • Acts 7:10

    and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Acts 10:4

    And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

  • Psalms 116:1

    I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.