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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.
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.
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.”
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."
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.'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 36:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
20 Who are they, among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand? That, Yahweh, should deliver, Jerusalem, out of my hand! 21 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. 22 Then came in - Eliakim son of Hilkiah who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, unto Hezekiah, with rent clothes, - and they told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;
2 Kings 18:26
Then said Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh: Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in the, Syrian, language, for, we, can, understand, it, - and do not speak with us in, the Jews', language, in the ears of the people who are upon the wall.
2 Kings 18:37
Then came in Eliakim son of Hilkiah who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, unto Hezekiah, with rent clothes, - and they told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
Psalm 38:13-15
But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, - and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
Psalm 39:1
I said, to myself, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue, - I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.
Proverbs 9:7-8
He that rebuketh a scoffer, getteth to himself contempt, and, he that reproveth a lawless man, getteth to himself his shame.
Amos 5:13
Therefore, the prudent man, at that time, will be dumb, - Because an evil time, it is!
Matthew 7:6
Do not give what is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, - lest once they trample, them, down with their feet, and, turning, tear, you.