Bible in Basic English
"But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer."
— Isaiah 36:21, Bible in Basic English
“But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.”
“But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."”
“They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.””
Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?
Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? where are the gods of Samaria? and have they kept Samaria out of my hand?
Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hand, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hand?
But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.