But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, Answer him not.
Amos 5:13 - King James 2000 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, Answer him not.
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
For man also knows not his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls 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 says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children have come to birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise a disaster, from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you walk haughtily: for this time is evil.
When I heard, my body trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he comes up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Therefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.