Isaiah 36:21
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But they held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, “Answer him not.”
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for King Hezekiah’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they kept still and answered him not a word, for the king’s [Hezekiah’s] command was, Do not answer him.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”
But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, ‘Don’t answer him.’
But they kept quiet and didn’t answer him with a single word, because King Hezekiah’s command was, “Don’t answer him!”
But they kept still and didn’t answer him so much as a word, for the king’s order was, “Don’t 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.
And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.
And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, 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.”
When the people who were sitting on the wall heard this, they were quiet. They did not reply, because King Hezekiah had said, ‘Do not answer him.’
But the officials remained silent, saying nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”
·The people [L They] were silent. They didn’t answer the commander at all, because King Hezekiah had ordered, “Don’t answer him.”
Then they kept silence, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
They were silent and didn’t say anything to him because the king commanded them not to answer him.
The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word.
But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”
The people were silent. They didn’t answer the commander at all. This was because King Hezekiah had ordered, “Don’t answer him.”
But the people remained silent and didn’t respond to him with so much as a single word, because the king had commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
But they held their peace and did not answer him a word, for the king had commanded thus, saying, Answer him not.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, “You must not answer him.”
But the people were silent and answered not a word, for Hezekiah had told them to say nothing in reply.
The three men were silent. They said nothing, for the king had already commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
They were silent and didn’t say anything to him because the king commanded them not to answer him.
But they remained silent and did not answer at all, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and did not answer him so much as a word; for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
However, the people remained silent and did not respond with even a single word, for the king had ordered them not to reply to him.
The people were silent. They didn’t answer the commander at all, because King Hezekiah had ordered, “Don’t answer him.”
They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”
But the people remained silent. They didn’t say anything. That’s because King Hezekiah had commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, ‘Do not answer him.’
But they held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were quiet and did not answer him. For the king had told them, “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 they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, ‘Do not answer him.’
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, ‘Do not answer him.’
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they held their peace, and answered him not a davar; for the mitzvat HaMelech was saying, Answer him not.
Then they kept silent. And did not answer him a word. For the king’s commandment was, saying, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
But they were silent, and did not answer him a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
To their credit, the people didn’t say anything. Hezekiah had commanded them not to answer the Rabshakeh, and indeed they just sat there silently.
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
And they were still, and answered not to him a word (and did not answer a word to him). For why the king commanded to them, and said, Answer ye not to him.
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'
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