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


In Context

18 "Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, 'The Lord will deliver us.' Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?

20 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"

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

22 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn, and told him what the field commander had said.

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 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.