Esther 15:14-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ Come near then, and touch the sceptre.

¹⁵ And as she held her peace, he took the golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and kissed her, and said: Why dost thou not speak to me?

¹⁶ She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty.

¹⁷ For thou, my lord, art very admirable, and thy. face is full of graces.

¹⁸ And while she was speaking, she fell down again, and was almost in a swoon.

¹⁹ But the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.