Isaiah 36:21

And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: Answer him not.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

22And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:37And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

Psalms 39:1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him. Answer not a fool, etc... Viz., so as to imitate him but only so as to reprove his folly.

Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:12-22

Sennacherib's Insolent Message. ( b. c. 710.) 11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? 13 Then Rabshakeh… Read the whole commentary →

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