21And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.


In Context

18 Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

20 Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

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

22 And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler, came to Hezekiah, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.

Isaiah 36:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

36:21But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

36:21And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer him not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:21But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, |Don't answer him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

36:21And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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