But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Amos 5:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore he who is prudent will keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. Common English Bible Therefore, the one who is wise will keep silent in that time; it is an evil time. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time. |
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so, are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
I heard, and my belly trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place: That I should rest in the day of trouble, When it cometh up against the people which invadeth him in troops.
Wherefore take up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.