NASB
"But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him.""
— 2 Kings 18:36, NASB
“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, saying, Answer him not. ”
“But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "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 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 kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.”
“But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.”
'Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
'Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
'Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.