2 Kings 18:36
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
In context
34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
35 Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
36 But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
37 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
2 Kings 18:36 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- But the people stayed quiet, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.