Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to 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.
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 lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'" 21 They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him." 22 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
2 Kings 18:26
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."
2 Kings 18:37
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
Psalm 38:13-15
But I am like a deaf man -- I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.
Psalm 39:1
For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man."
Proverbs 9:7-8
Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.
Amos 5:13
For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Matthew 7:6
Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.