NET Bible
"They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”"
— Isaiah 36:21, NET Bible
“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."”
“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.”
Hezekiah is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power?
Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”
They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.