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Esther 8:4 KJV
Esther · chapter 8 · verse 4
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,Esther 8:4 · King James Version
Esther 8:4 in context
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.
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.
4Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5And 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:
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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sceptresharbîyṭa rod of empireH8275 →
- goldenzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- EstherʼEçtêrEster, the Jewish heroineH635 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- aroseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- stoodʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
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Haman, the chief enemy of the Jews, was hanged, Mordecai and Esther, their chief friends, were sufficiently protected; but many others there were in the king's dominions that hated the Jews and desired their ruin, and to their rage and malice all the rest of that people lay exposed;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-14