Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

But the people were silent, and did not answer him a word, for the king's commandment was, saying, Do not answer him.

New American Standard Bible

But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

King James Version

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Holman Bible

But the people kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”

International Standard Version

But the people remained silent and did not answer with even so much as a word, because the king's order was, "Don't answer him."

American Standard Version

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Amplified

But the people kept silent and did not answer him, for the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

Bible in Basic English

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

Darby Translation

But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

Julia Smith Translation

And the people were silent and answered him not a word: for it was the command of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer.

King James 2000

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, Answer him not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him."

Modern King James verseion

But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word. For the king's command was, saying, Do not answer him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the people held their peace and answered him not a word: for the king had commanded, saying, "Answer him not."

NET Bible

The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."

New Heart English Bible

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

The Emphasized Bible

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word, - for, the command of the king, it was, saying - Ye must not answer him.

Webster

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

World English Bible

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 74

and answered
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

him not a word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

for the king's
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Assyrians Advise Against Trust In Yahweh

35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36 But the people were silent, and did not answer him a word, for the king's commandment was, saying, Do not answer him. 37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Cross References

Psalm 38:13-14

But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

Proverbs 9:7

He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise.

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.

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