Isaiah 36:21
◄  Isaiah 36:21  ►
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

2 Kings 18:26, 37 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language...

Psalm 38:13-15 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that 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 is before me.

Proverbs 9:7 He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like to him.

Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But they kept silent; they didn't say anything, for the king's command was, "Don't answer him."

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

International Standard Version (©2012)
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."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

American King James 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer him not.

Darby Bible Translation
And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
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."

Young's 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.'

Proverbs 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.


Proverbs 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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

But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him." —NASB

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


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Isaiah Chapter 36 Verse 21

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