2 Kings 18:36

But the people kept silent; they did not answer him at all, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.” But the people held their shalom, and answered him not a word; for the king's mitzvah was, saying, Don't answer him. But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him." The people were silent. They didn't answer the commander at all, because King Hezekiah had ordered, "Don't answer him." The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him." But the people kept silent and did not answer him, for the king had commanded, "Do not answer him." But the people were silent and did not answer him with even a word, because it was the king's command: "Do not answer him." But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him. But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere ye him not. But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him." But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, "Do not answer him." Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah had been warned by King Hezekiah not to answer the Assyrian commander. So they tore their clothes in sorrow and reported to Hezekiah everything the commander had said. But the people kept still and didn't answer him so much as a word; for the king's order was, "Don't answer him." But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not. But the people were silent. They did not say a word to the commander, because King Hezekiah had commanded them, "Don't say anything to him." But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king had commanded, saying, Do not answer him. The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word. The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him." But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, saying, Do not answer him. As for the people, they helde their peace, and gaue him no answere: for the kynge had commaunded and sayde: Answere him nothinge. But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer. But the people held their peace, and aunswered not him a word: for the king had commaunded, saying: Aunswere hym not. But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.' But the people helde their peace, and answered him not a word: for the kings commaundement was, saying, Answere him not. But the men were silent, and answered him not a word: for there was a commandment of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer him. But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Therfor the puple was stille, and answeride not ony thing to hym; for thei hadden take comaundement of the kyng, that thei schulden not answere to hym. 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.' But the people held their peace, and did not answer him a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him. But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. But the people held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him." But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, "Do not answer him." But the people were quiet. They did not answer him a word. For Hezekiah had told them, "Do not answer him." But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him." But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word, - for, the command of the king, it was, saying - Ye must not answer him. But 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. But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him." 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." The people were silent. No one spoke a word for the king had ordered, "Don't anyone say a word—not one word!" But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the people kept silent; they did not answer him at all, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”

Hebrew Names Version
But the people held their shalom, and answered him not a word; for the king's mitzvah was, saying, Don't answer him.

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

English Standard Version
But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."

New Century Version
The people were silent. They didn't answer the commander at all, because King Hezekiah had ordered, "Don't answer him."

New English Translation
The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."

Amplified Bible
But the people kept silent and did not answer him, for the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."

New American Standard Bible
But the people were silent and did not answer him with even a word, because it was the king's command: "Do not answer him."

World English Bible
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere ye him not.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

Berean Standard Bible
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, "Do not answer him."

Contemporary English Version
Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah had been warned by King Hezekiah not to answer the Assyrian commander. So they tore their clothes in sorrow and reported to Hezekiah everything the commander had said.

Complete Jewish Bible
But the people kept still and didn't answer him so much as a word; for the king's order was, "Don't answer him."

Darby Translation
But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the people were silent. They did not say a word to the commander, because King Hezekiah had commanded them, "Don't say anything to him."

George Lamsa Translation
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king had commanded, saying, Do not answer him.

Good News Translation
The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word.

Lexham English Bible
The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him."

Literal Translation
But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, saying, Do not answer him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the people, they helde their peace, and gaue him no answere: for the kynge had commaunded and sayde: Answere him nothinge.

American Standard Version
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Bible in Basic English
But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the people held their peace, and aunswered not him a word: for the king had commaunded, saying: Aunswere hym not.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.'

King James Version (1611)
But the people helde their peace, and answered him not a word: for the kings commaundement was, saying, Answere him not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the men were silent, and answered him not a word: for there was a commandment of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

English Revised Version
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the puple was stille, and answeride not ony thing to hym; for thei hadden take comaundement of the kyng, that thei schulden not answere to hym.

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

Update Bible Version
But the people held their peace, and did not answer him a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

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

New King James Version
But the people held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

New Living Translation
But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, "Do not answer him."

New Life Bible
But the people were quiet. They did not answer him a word. For Hezekiah had told them, "Do not answer him."

New Revised Standard
But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word, - for, the command of the king, it was, saying - Ye must not answer him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But 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.

Revised Standard Version
But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."

THE MESSAGE
The people were silent. No one spoke a word for the king had ordered, "Don't anyone say a word—not one word!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷Then the king of Assyria sent the field marshal, the chief of staff, and his royal spokesman, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced and came to Jerusalem, and they took their position by the aqueduct of the upper pool, by the road to the Launderer’s Field. ¹⁷ The king of Ashshur sent Tartan and Rav-Saris and Ravshakeh from Lakhish to king Hizkiyahu with a great army to Yerushalayim. They went up and came to Yerushalayim. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. ¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. ¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field. ¹⁷ The king of Assyria sent out his supreme commander, his chief officer, and his field commander. They went with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. When they came near the waterway from the upper pool on the road where people do their laundry, they stopped. ¹⁷ The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ¹⁷Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rabshakeh [his highest officials] with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they went up and arrived, they stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the road of the Fuller's Field. ¹⁷ Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road of the fuller's field. ¹⁷ The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. ¹⁷ And the King of Asshur sent Tartan, and Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great hoste against Ierusalem. And they went vp, and came to Ierusalem, and when they were come vp, they stood by the conduite of the vpper poole, which is by the path of the fullers fielde,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

held their peace: Psalms 38:13, Psalms 38:14, Psalms 39:1, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 26:4, Amos 5:13, Matthew 7:6

Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:12 - a man

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. Answer him not. — The blasphemy is too barefaced; Jehovah is insulted, not you; let him avenge his own quarrel. See the 2 Kings 19:0.