Esther 8:4

4 Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

Esther 8:4 in Other Translations

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

4 When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,

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

4 The king extended his gold scepter to Esther. She got to her feet and stood before the king.

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

4 The king held out his golden scepter to Esther, and Esther got up and stood in front of the king.

4 The king extended the golden scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

4 The king reached out his gold rod toward Esther. She got up and stood in front of him.

Esther 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 8:4

Then the king held out the golden sceptre towards Esther
As a token that she had not incurred his displeasure by coming into his presence without leave, and that she was admitted to speak and make her request; see ( Esther 5:3 )

so Esther arose and stood before the king;
she rose from the ground on which she lay prostrate, and stood upon her feet, in an humble manner, to make her speech, and present her petition to the king.

Esther 8:4 In-Context

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

3 Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

4 Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

6 For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”

Cross References

• 1. S Esther 4:11; Esther 5:2