NASB
"But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him.""
— Isaiah 36:21, NASB
“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 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.””
“And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: Answer him not.”
“But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.”
“But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.”
'Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us." 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? And when have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
'Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
But they 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.