Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Isaiah 36:21 in other translations
| BSB | But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.” |
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| WEB | But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.” |
| ASV | But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. |
| YLT | And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, ‘Do not answer him.' |
| DARBY | And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not. |
| BBE | But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer. |
| Webster | But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. |
What does Isaiah 36:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Isaiah 36:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 36:21
- Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
- Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Psalms 39:1
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 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 is before me.
- 2 Kings 18:26
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
- Psalms 38:13-15
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
- Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- Proverbs 9:7-8
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- 2 Kings 18:37
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.
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Context
- Isaiah 36:20
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- Isaiah 36:22
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Isaiah 36:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas callaron, y no le respondieron palabra; porque el rey así lo había mandado, diciendo: No le respondáis. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils se turent, et ne lui répondirent pas un mot; car c’était là le commandement du roi, disant: Vous ne lui répondrez pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie schwiegen still und antworteten ihm kein Wort; denn es war das Gebot des Königs, der gesagt hatte: Ihr sollt ihm nicht antworten. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et siluerunt, et non responderunt ei verbum. Mandaverat enim rex, dicens: Ne respondeatis ei. |