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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויושט המלך לאסתר את שרבט הזהב ותקם אסתר ותעמד לפני המלך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyvSHt hmlk lAstr At SHrbt hzhb vtqm Astr vt`md lpny hmlk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
at ille ex more sceptrum aureum protendit manu quo signum clementiae monstrabatur illaque consurgens stetit ante eum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
New King James Version   
And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king,
21st Century King James Version   
Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king,

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,
God's Word   
The king held out his golden scepter to Esther, and Esther got up and stood in front of the king.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.
International Standard Version   
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before the king.
NET Bible   
When the king extended to Esther the gold scepter, she arose and stood before the king.
New American Standard Bible   
The king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.
New International Version   
Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.
New Living Translation   
Again the king held out the gold scepter to Esther. So she rose and stood before him.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then the king held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
The World English Bible   
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The king held out his gold sceptre towards Esther. So she stood up to speak to the king.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,
New Life Version   
The king held out the special golden stick toward Esther. So she got up and stood in front of the king.
The Voice Bible   
The king, as before, extended his golden scepter to Queen Esther; and she stood to her feet before him.
Living Bible   
And again the king held out the golden scepter to Esther. So she arose and stood before him,
New Catholic Bible   
Then the king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she arose and stood before him.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king,
Christian Standard Bible   
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king.
New Century Version   
The king held out the gold scepter to Esther. So Esther got up and stood in front of him.
The Message   
Then Esther again spoke to the king, falling at his feet, begging with tears to counter the evil of Haman the Agagite and revoke the plan that he had plotted against the Jews. The king extended his gold scepter to Esther. She got to her feet and stood before the king. She said, “If it please the king and he regards me with favor and thinks this is right, and if he has any affection for me at all, let an order be written that cancels the bulletins authorizing the plan of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite to annihilate the Jews in all the king’s provinces. How can I stand to see this catastrophe wipe out my people? How can I bear to stand by and watch the massacre of my own relatives?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The king held out the golden scepter to Esther. Esther rose and stood in the presence of the king.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The king held out the golden scepter to Esther,
Good News Translation®   
The king held out the gold scepter to her, so she stood up and said,
Wycliffe Bible   
And the king by custom held forth the golden rod of the king with his hand, by which the token of his mercy was showed. And then Esther rose up, and stood before the king, (And, as by custom, the king held forth the king’s gold sceptre with his hand, by which the token of his mercy was shown. And then Esther rose up, and stood before the king,)
Contemporary English Version   
King Xerxes held out the golden scepter to Esther,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The king held out the golden scepter to Esther, and Esther rose and stood before the king.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The king held out the golden sceptre to Esther,
Common English Bible © 2011   
The king held out the gold scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before him.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
When the king held out the golden sceptre to Esther,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The king stretched forth the golden scepter to Esther. So she rose and, standing before him,
New American Standard Bible   
And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther got up and stood before the king.
The Expanded Bible   
The king ·held out [extended] the gold scepter to Esther. So Esther got up and stood in front of him.
Tree of Life Version   
Then the king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
Revised Standard Version   
And the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,
New International Reader's Version   
The king reached out his gold scepter toward Esther. She got up and stood in front of him.
BRG Bible   
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Complete Jewish Bible   
The king extended the gold scepter toward Ester. So Ester got up and stood in front of the king.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The king held out the golden sceptre to Esther,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then HaMelech held out the sharvit hazahav (golden sceptre) toward Ester. So Ester arose, and stood before HaMelech,
Names of God Bible   
The king held out his golden scepter to Esther, and Esther got up and stood in front of the king.
Modern English Version   
When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, she rose and stood before the king,
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then the king held out the gold scepter to Esther. Esther got up and stood in front of the king.
International Children’s Bible   
The king held out the gold scepter to Esther. Esther got up and stood in front of the king.
Lexham English Bible   
And the king held out to Esther the scepter of gold, and Esther rose and stood before the king,
New International Version - UK   
Then the king extended the gold sceptre to Esther and she arose and stood before him.