Verse List for ISA 36:21

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OET (OET-RV) But those on the wall kept silent and didn’t answer him, because King Hizkiyah had ordered them not to respond.

OET-LV And_they _kept _silent and_not they _answered DOM_him/it anything if/because was_the _command _of the_king it to_say not you(pl)_must _answer _him.

ULT But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for it, was a commandment of the king, saying, “You shall not answer him.”

UST King Hezekiah had commanded the people, “When the Rabshakeh speaks to you, do not answer him.” So the people who were listening did not say anything in reply to him.

BSB & MSB But [the people] remained silent and did not answer a word, for [Hezekiah] had commanded “Do not answer him.”

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE & WMBB But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”

NET They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

LSV And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, “Do not answer him.”

FBV But the people remained silent and didn't say anything, for Hezekiah had given the order, “Don't answer him.”

T4T But the people who were listening were silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had commanded, “When the official from Assyria talks to you, do not answer him.”

LEB But[fn] they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, “You must not answer him.”

BBE But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

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

ASV But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

DRA And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, 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.'

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

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

SLT And they will be silent and not answer him a word: for this the command of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer.

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

KJB-1769 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

KJB-1611 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the Kings commandement was, saying; Answere him not.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Unto this Hezekias messengers helde their tongues, and aunswered not one worde: for the kyng had charged them that they should geue him no aunswere.
(Unto this Hezekias messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them that they should give him no answer.)

Gnva Then they kept silence, and answered him not a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere him not.
(Then they kept silence, and answered him not a word: for the Kings commandment was, saying, Answer him not.)

Cvdl Vnto this, Ezechias messaungers helde their tunges, and answered not one worde: for the kinge had charged them, that they shulde geue him none answere.
(Unto this, Ezechias messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them, that they should give him none answer.)

Wycl And thei weren stille, and answeriden not to hym a word. For whi the kyng comaundide to hem, and seide, Answere ye not to him.
(And they were still, and answered not to him a word. For why the king commanded to them, and said, Answer ye/you_all not to him.)

Luth Sie schwiegen aber stille und antworteten ihm nichts; denn der König hatte geboten und gesagt: Antwortet ihm nichts!
(They/She silence but still(v) and replied him nothing; because/than the/of_the king had offered and said: Answer(v) him nothing!)

ClVg Et siluerunt, et non responderunt ei verbum. Mandaverat enim rex, dicens: Ne respondeatis ei.
(And they_were_silent, and not/no they_answered to_him the_word/saying. Mandaverat because king, saying: Don’t respondis to_him.)

UHB וַֽ⁠יַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְ⁠לֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ אֹת֖⁠וֹ דָּבָ֑ר כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת הַ⁠מֶּ֥לֶךְ הִ֛יא לֵ⁠אמֹ֖ר לֹ֥א תַעֲנֻֽ⁠הוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐσιώπησαν, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ λόγον, διὰ τὸ προστάξαι τὸν βασιλέα μηδένα ἀποκριθῆναι.

BrTr And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.