36And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'


In Context

33 'Have the gods of the nations delivered at all each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?

35 Who are they among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'

36 And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'

37 And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah, with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of the chief of the butlers.

2 Kings 18:36 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:36But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:36But the people 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

18:36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:36But the people 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

18:36But the people 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

18:36But the people 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

18:36But the people 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

18:36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, |Don't answer him.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.