Parallel Verses
Amplified
But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for King Hezekiah’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
New American Standard Bible
But they were silent and
King James Version
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Holman Bible
But they 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 didn't respond to him with so much as a single word, because the king had commanded, "Don't answer him."
A Conservative Version
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
American Standard Version
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Bible in Basic English
But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
Darby Translation
And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will be silent and not answer him a word: for this the command of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer.
King James 2000
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, "You must not answer him."
Modern King James verseion
But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command, saying, Do not answer him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Unto this Hezekiah's messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them that they should give him none answer.
NET Bible
They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."
New Heart English Bible
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."
The Emphasized Bible
But they 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 they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
World English Bible
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."
Youngs Literal Translation
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 36:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
20 Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their land from my hand, that [you should think that] the Lord would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?’” 21 But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for King Hezekiah’s command was, “Do not answer him.” 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recording historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [in grief], and told him the words of the Rabshakeh [the Assyrian commander].
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer [nor pretend to agree with the frivolous comments of] a [closed-minded] fool according to his folly,
Otherwise you, even you, will be like him.
2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Aramaic (Syrian) language, because we understand it; and do not speak with us in the Judean (Hebrew) language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
2 Kings 18:37
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [in grief and despair] and told him what the Rabshakeh had said.
Psalm 38:13-15
But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
Psalm 39:1
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”
Proverbs 9:7-8
He who corrects and instructs a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Amos 5:13
Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].
Matthew 7:6