On the golden scepter see 5.2.

For discussion of the verse break, see verse 5 below.

Septuagint 8.4

The Greek text of verse 4 is the same as the Hebrew. On the verse break see the comment below.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Noss, Philip A. A Handbook on the Book of Esther — Deuterocanon: The Greek Text. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .