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Esther 8:4

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

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Esther 8:4 in other translations

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

Esther 8:4 · World English Bible

Esther 8:4 in context

  1. 2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
  2. 3And 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.
  3. 4Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
  4. 5And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor 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 that are in all the king’s provinces:
  5. 6for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?