Verse 21
Isaiah 36:21
Geneva Bible
21
Then they kept silence, and answered him not a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere him not.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְ/לֹֽא עָנ֥וּ אֹת֖/וֹ דָּבָ֑ר כִּֽי מִצְוַ֨ת הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ הִ֛יא לֵ/אמֹ֖ר לֹ֥א תַעֲנֻֽ/הוּ
English Translation
And they were silent and did not answer him a word because it is the command of the king to say, "You shall not answer him."
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Chapter 36 Context
1
Nowe in the fourteenth yeere of King Hezekiah, Saneherib King of Asshur came vp against al the stron...
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And the King of Asshur sent Rabshakeh from Lachish toward Ierusalem vnto King Hezekiah, with a great...
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Then came foorth vnto him Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah the steward of the house, and Shebna the chan...
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And Rabshakeh sayde vnto them, Tell you Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus sayth the great King, the King of...
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5
I say, Surely I haue eloquence, but counsell and strength are for the warre: on whom then doest thou...
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6
Loe, thou trustest in this broken staffe of reede on Egypt, whereupon if a man leane, it will goe in...
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7
But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God (Elohim). Is not that he, whose hie places and w...
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Nowe therefore giue hostages to my lorde the King of Asshur, and I wil giue thee two thousand horses...
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9
For howe canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my lordes seruants? and put thy trust on Eg...
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10
And am I now come vp without the Lord to this land to destroy it? The Lord sayd vnto me, Goe vp agai...
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11
Then sayd Eliakim and Shebna and Ioah vnto Rabshakeh, Speake, I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Ar...
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12
Then said Rabshakeh, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee to speake these wordes, and n...
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13
So Rabshakeh stood, and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and sayd, Heare the wordes o...
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14
Thus saith the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you.
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15
Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliuer vs: this ci...
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16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus sayth the King of Asshur, Make appointment with me, and come out t...
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17
Till I come and bring you to a land like your owne land, euen a land of wheate, and wine, a land of...
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18
Least Hezekiah deceiue you, saying, The Lord wil deliuer vs. Hath any of the gods of the nations del...
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19
Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharuaim? or howe haue they deliuere...
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20
Who is hee among all the gods of these lands, that hath deliuered their countrey out of mine hand, t...
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21
Then they kept silence, and answered him not a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answer...
22
Then came Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah the steward of the house, and Shebna the chanceller, and Ioah...
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