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


In Context

18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath 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 Arphad? 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 lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

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

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 Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:21And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command 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.