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Isaiah 36:21
Isaiah 36:21 is verse 21 of Isaiah chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
King James Version
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
World English Bible
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
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Isaiah 36:19–22 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
20 Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
21 But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
22 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 18:26Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
2 Kings 18:37Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
Psalms 38:13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Psalms 38:14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Psalms 38:15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.