Esther 8:4
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Esther 8:4 in other translations
| BSB | The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king. |
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| WEB | Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. |
| ASV | Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. |
| YLT | and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king, |
| DARBY | And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king, |
| BBE | Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king. |
| Webster | Then the king held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, |
What does Esther 8:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 8:3-14
It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her own life, but although she was sure of that, she wept for her people. Tears of pity and tenderness are the most Christ-like. According to the constitution of the Persian government, no law or decree could be repealed or…
Esther 8:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Esther 8:4
- 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 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.
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Context
- 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.
- Esther 8:4
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
- Esther 8:5
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour 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 which are in all the king’s provinces:
Esther 8:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces extendió el rey á Esther el cetro de oro, y Esther se levantó, y púsose en pie delante del rey. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le roi tendit à Esther le sceptre d’or, et Esther se leva et se tint devant le roi, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der König reichte Esther das goldene Scepter entgegen. Da erhob sich Esther und stand vor dem König; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At ille ex more sceptrum aureum protendit manu, quo signum clementiæ monstrabatur: illaque consurgens stetit ante eum, |