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Esther 8:4

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

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Esther 8:4 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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In context

1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.

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

5 She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king’s provinces.

6 For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”

7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand on the Jews.

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