Esther 8:4
New International Version
Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

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

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

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

King James Bible
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward 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 American Standard Bible
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther got up and stood before the king.

NASB 1995
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

NASB 1977
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose 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.

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the King reached the scepter of gold toward Esthir, and Esthir came near to him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.

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

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,

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king held out his golden scepter to Esther, and Esther got up and stood in front of the king.

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

International Standard Version
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before the king.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Literal Standard Version
and the king holds out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rises, and stands before the king,

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

New American Bible
The king stretched forth the golden scepter to Esther. So she rose and, standing before him,

NET Bible
When the king extended to Esther the gold scepter, she arose and stood before the king.

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

New Heart English Bible
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,

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

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Esther's Appeal for the Jews
3And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. 4The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king. 5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.…

Cross References
Esther 4:11
"All the royal officials and the people of the king's provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned--that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days."

Esther 5:2
As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.

Esther 8:3
And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.


Treasury of Scripture

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

held out.

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 of his to put him to death, except such 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 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.

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3. Esther makes suit to reverse Haman's letters.
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(4) The king held out the golden sceptre.--See Note on Esther 4:11.

Verse 4. - Then the king held out the golden sceptre. Either Esther had again intruded on the king uninvited, or there was a double use of the golden sceptre.

1. In the pardon of those who so intruded; and,

2. In the ordinary granting of requests. It was perhaps held out on this occasion simply to express a readiness to do as Esther desired.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The king
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

extended
וַיּ֤וֹשֶׁט (way·yō·wō·šeṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3447: To extend, hold out

the gold
הַזָּהָ֑ב (haz·zā·hāḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

scepter
שַׁרְבִ֣ט (šar·ḇiṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8275: A rod of empire

toward Esther,
לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר (lə·’es·têr)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 635: Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel

and [she]
אֶסְתֵּ֔ר (’es·têr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 635: Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel

arose
וַתָּ֣קָם (wat·tā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and stood
וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (wat·ta·‘ă·mōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the king.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king


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