Esther 8:4
Esther chapter 8 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
Context
v.3And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
v.4This passage
v.5And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be 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:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 4:11
All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
- Esther 5:2
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.