Isaiah 36:11

Isaiah 36:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

Context of Isaiah 36:11

9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’” Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.” 12But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?” 13Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

Isaiah 36:11 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶלְיָקִים֩ וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א וְיוֹאָ֜ח אֶל־רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה דַּבֶּר־נָ֤א אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲרָמִ֔ית כִּ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ יְהוּדִ֔ית בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַחוֹמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Then Eliakimאֶלְיָקִים'elyâqîym · EliakimH471
• Shebnaשֶׁבְנָאshebnâ' shebnâh · ShebnaH7644
• and Joahיוֹאָחyô'âch · JoahH3098
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the Rabshakehרַבְשָׁקֵהrabshâqêh · RabshakehH7262
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• in Aramaicאֲרָמִית'ărâmîyth · AramaicH762
• sinceכִּיkîy · forH3588
• weאֲנַ֫חְנוּ'ănachnû · weH587
• understand itשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: understandH8085
• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• in Hebrewיְהוּדִיתyehûdîyth · JewishH3066
• in the hearingאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · ear: hearingH241
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346

Cross-references for Isaiah 36:11

• 2 Kings 18:26Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
• Ezra 4:7And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
• Daniel 2:4Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 36:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language - Hebrew, ארמית 'ărâmı̂yt - Aramean.‘ Aram, or Aramea, properly meaning a high region, or the highlands, was of wider extent than Syria Proper, and comprehended not only Syria, but Mesopotamia. It usually denotes however, Syria Proper, of which the capital was Damascus. The language of all this country was probably the same - the Syrian or Aramean, a language of the same family as the Hebrew…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Aramaic was the common language of the Assyrian Empire. The elite understood it, but the common people of Judah did not.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Syrian--rather, "Aramean": the language spoken north and east of Palestine, and understood by the Assyrians as belonging to the same family of languages as their own: nearly akin to Hebrew also, though not intelligible to the multitude (compare 2Ki 5:5-7). "Aram" means a "high land," and includes parts of Assyria as well as Syria. Jews' language--The men of Judah since the disruption of Israel, claimed the Hebrew as their own peculiarly, as if they…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 36:11

• Ambassadors
• Diplomacy
• Eliakim
• Joah
• Shebna (Shebnah)

In the dictionaries

• Eliakim
• Syrian; Language
• Destroy
• Hebrew language
• Hezekiah
• Isaiah
• Sennacherib
• Shebna
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Isaiah 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings