MHB
21. וַֽיַּחֲרִישׁוּ H2790 וְלֹֽא H3808 ADV ־ CPUN עָנוּ H6030 VQQ3MP אֹתוֹ H853 PART-3MS דָּבָר H1697 VQPMS כִּֽי H3588 CONJ ־ CPUN מִצְוַת H4687 CFS הַמֶּלֶךְ H4428 D-NMS הִיא H1931 PPRO-3FS לֵאמֹר H559 L-VQFC לֹא H3808 NADV תַעֲנֻֽהוּ H6030 ׃ EPUN

BHS
21. וַיַּחֲרִישׁוּ וְלֹא־עָנוּ אֹתוֹ דָּבָר כִּי־מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ הִיא לֵאמֹר לֹא תַעֲנֻהוּ ׃

WLC
21. וַיַּחֲרִישׁוּ וְלֹא־עָנוּ אֹתֹו דָּבָר כִּי־מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ הִיא לֵאמֹר לֹא תַעֲנֻהוּ׃

ALEP
21. כא ויחרישו ולא ענו אתו דבר  כי מצות המלך היא לאמר לא תענהו



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

AMP
21. But they kept still and answered him not a word, for the king's [Hezekiah's] command was, Do not answer him.

KJVP
21. But they held their peace H2790 , and answered H6030 VQQ3MP him not H3808 ADV a word H1697 VQPMS : for H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS \'s commandment H4687 CFS was , saying H559 L-VQFC , Answer H6030 him not H3808 NADV .

YLT
21. And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.`

ASV
21. But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the kings commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

WEB
21. But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

NASB
21. But they remained silent and did not answer him one word, for the king had ordered them not to answer him.

ESV
21. But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."

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

RSV
21. But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."

NKJV
21. But they held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

MKJV
21. But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command, saying, Do not answer him.

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

NRSV
21. But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."

NIV
21. But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."

NIRV
21. But the people remained silent. They didn't say anything. That's because King Hezekiah had commanded, "Don't answer him."

NLT
21. But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, "Do not answer him."

MSG
21. The three men were silent. They said nothing, for the king had already commanded, "Don't answer him."

GNB
21. The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word.

NET
21. They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."

ERVEN
21. 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."