2 Kings 18:36 - Easy To Read Version

³⁶ But the people were silent. They did not say a word to the commander because King Hezekiah had given them a command. He said, “Don’t say anything to him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, Do not answer him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Common English Bible

³⁶ But the people kept quiet and didn’t answer him with a single word, because King Hezekiah’s command was, “Don’t answer him!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ But the people were silent, and they did not respond at all to him. For indeed, they had received an instruction from the king that they should not respond to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.

2 Kings 18:36 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 18:35

Did any of the gods in the other countries save their land from me? No! Can the Lord save Jerusalem from me? No!”

2 Kings 18:37

Eliakim son of Hilkiah (Eliakim was in charge of the king’s house), Shebna (the secretary), and Joah son of Asaph (the record keeper) came to Hezekiah. Their clothes were torn {to show they were upset}. They told Hezekiah the things that the Assyrian commander had said.

Psalm 39:1

I said,\par “I will be careful about the things I say.\par I will not let my tongue cause me to sin.\par I will keep my mouth closed {\cf2\super [235]} when I am around wicked people.”\par

Proverbs 26:4

\{Here is a difficult situation:\} If a fool asks a stupid question, then don’t give him a stupid answer or you, too, will look like a fool.

Proverbs 9:7

If you try to show a proud man that he is wrong, then he will only criticize you. \{That man only makes fun of God’s wisdom.\} If you tell an evil man that he is wrong, then he will make fun of you.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

There is a time to tear cloth,\par and there is a time to sew it.\par There is a time to be silent,\par and a time to speak.\par

Amos 5:13

At that time, wise teachers will be quiet.\par Why? Because it is a bad time.\par

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give holy things to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.