Esther 8:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

Esther 8:4 in Context — Esther 8

² And 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.

³ And 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.

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

⁵ And 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:

⁶ For 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?

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What Does Esther 8:4 Mean?

Esther 8:4 is a verse from the Book of Esther, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Esther chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.