Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 36 connects to 10 cross-references. The Assyrian field commander Rabshakeh stands at Jerusalem's wall, calling in a loud voice to undermine the people's confidence. He mocks their trust in Egypt as a broken reed and challenges their trust in God, asking what god has delivered …
תרגומים נוספים
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'
But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
הפניות צולבות
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son …
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants …
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my …
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them …