Verse 4
Esther 8:4
Darby Translation
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And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יּ֤וֹשֶׁט הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ/אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֵ֖ת שַׁרְבִ֣ט הַ/זָּהָ֑ב וַ/תָּ֣קָם אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַֽ/תַּעֲמֹ֖ד לִ/פְנֵ֥י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and Esther rose and stood before the king.
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Chapter 8 Context
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On that day did king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' oppressor to Esther the queen. And...
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And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther s...
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And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears t...
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And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
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and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to th...
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For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see th...
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And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the hou...
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Write ye then for the Jews as seems good to you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's r...
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Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on t...
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And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed [it] with the king's ring, and sent letters b...
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[stating] that the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and...
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upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that...
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That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all the peo...
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The couriers mounted on coursers [and] horses of blood went out, being hastened and pressed on by th...
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And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a g...
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The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.
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And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the J...
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