Esther 8:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴ Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Common English Bible

⁴ The king held out the gold scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ My peril is close at hand.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, Esther rose and stood before the king.

Esther 8:4 Cross References

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 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.

Esther 8:3

And 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.