Parallel ISA 36:11

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BSB § Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew [fn] in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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OEB Thereupon Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah asked the Chief Officer to be good enough not to speak to them in Hebrew, in the hearing of the people on the wall, but in Aramaic, which they assured him

WEB Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

NET Eliakim, 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.”

LSV And Eliakim says—and Shebna and Joah—to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants [in] Aramaic, for we are understanding; and do not speak to us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.”

FBV Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah, said to the army general, “Please speak to us, your servants, in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew while the people on the wall are listening.”

T4T Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it and become frightened.”

LEB And Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we can understand[fn]it, and you must not speak to us in Judean in the hearing[fn] of the people whoare on the wall.”

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BBE Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rab-shakeh: 'Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Aramean language, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.'

ASV Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

DRA And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for we understand it: speak not to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people, that are upon the wall.

YLT And Eliakim saith — and Shebna and Joah — unto Rabshakeh, 'Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants [in] Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.'

DBY And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jewish [language] in the ears of the people that are upon the wall.

RV Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

WBS Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it : and speak not to us in the Jew's language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

KJB ¶ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
  (¶ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy/your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. )

BB Then sayd Eliakim, Sobna, & Ioah, vnto Rabsakeh: Speake to vs thy seruauntes we pray thee in the Syrians language, for we vnderstande it well, and speake not to vs in the Iewes tongue, lest the folke heare which lyeth vpon the wall.
  (Then said Eliakim, Sobna, and Yoah, unto Rabsakeh: Speake to us thy/your servants we pray thee in the Syrians language, for we understand it well, and speak not to us in the Yews tongue, lest the folke hear which lyeth upon the wall.)

GNV Then sayd Eliakim and Shebna and Ioah vnto Rabshakeh, Speake, I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites language, (for we vnderstand it) and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.
  (Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Yoah unto Rabshakeh, Speake, I pray thee, to thy/your servants in the Aramites language, (for we understand it) and talk not with us in the Yews tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall. )

CB Then sayde Eliachim, Sobna & Iohah vnto Rabsaches: Speake to vs thy seruauntes (we praye the) in the Sirians language, for we vnderstonde it well: And speake not to vs in the Iewes tunge, lest the folcke heare, which lieth vpon the wall.
  (Then said Eliachim, Sobna and Yohah unto Rabsaches: Speake to us thy/your servants (we pray the) in the Sirians language, for we understood it well: And speak not to us in the Yews tunge, lest the folcke hear, which lieth upon the wall.)

WYC And Eliachym, and Sobna, and Joae, seiden to Rapsaces, Speke thou to thi seruauntis bi the langage of Sirie, for we vndurstonden; speke thou not to vs bi the langage of Jewis in the eeris of the puple, which is on the wal.
  (And Eliachym, and Sobna, and Yoae, said to Rapsaces, Speke thou/you to thy/your servants by the langage of Sirie, for we understonden; speke thou/you not to us by the langage of Yews in the ears of the people, which is on the wal.)

LUT Aber Eliakim und Sebena und Joah sprachen zum Erzschenken: Lieber, rede mit deinen Knechten auf syrisch, denn wir verstehen‘s wohl; und rede nicht auf jüdisch mit uns vor den Ohren des Volks, das auf der Mauer ist.
  (But Eliakim and Sebena and Yoah said for_the Erzschenken: Lieber, rede with deinen Knechten on syrisch, because wir verstehen‘s wohl; and rede not on jüdisch with uns before/in_front_of the ears the peoples, the on the Mauer is.)

CLV Et dixit Eliacim, et Sobna, et Joahe, ad Rabsacen: Loquere ad servos tuos syra lingua; intelligimus enim; ne loquaris ad nos judaice in auribus populi qui est super murum.
  (And he_said Eliacim, and Sobna, and Yoahe, to Rabsacen: Loquere to servos tuos syra lingua; intelligimus because; ne loquaris to nos yudaice in auribus populi who it_is super murum. )

BRN Then Eliakim and Somnas and Joach said to him, Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jewish tongue: and wherefore speakest thou in the ears of the men on the wall?

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἑλιακεὶμ, καὶ Σομνᾶς, καὶ Ἰωὰχ, λάλησον πρὸς τοὺς παῖδάς σου Συριστί· ἀκούομεν γὰρ ἡμεῖς· καὶ μὴ λάλει πρὸς ἡμᾶς Ἰουδαϊστί· καὶ ἱνατί λαλεῖς εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῷ τείχει;
  (Kai eipe pros auton Heliakeim, kai Somnas, kai Yōaⱪ, lalaʸson pros tous paidas sou Suristi; akouomen gar haʸmeis; kai maʸ lalei pros haʸmas Youdaisti; kai hinati laleis eis ta ōta tōn anthrōpōn epi tōi teiⱪei? )