Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Parallel translations
- WEB The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
- BSB Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- NKJV Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
- NASB Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words did not tremble in fear, nor did they tear their garments.
- NLT Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard.
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Quick answer
Neither the king nor his servants show fear or repentance at the words they hear.
Overview
In stark contrast to the princes earlier, Jehoiakim and his attendants neither tremble nor tear their garments in grief. Their hard-hearted indifference to God's warning marks the deepest danger of all: a conscience unmoved by truth. Such hardness invites the very judgment the scroll announced.
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- Jer 36:16Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
- Ps 36:1The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Isa 36:22Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
- 2 Kgs 19:1–2And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
- Ps 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
- 1 Kgs 21:27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- Jonah 3:6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Matt 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Rom 3:18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
- Jer 5:3O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- 2 Kgs 22:11–19And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
- 2 Chr 34:19–31And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
- Isa 26:11LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
- Job 15:4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- Gen 37:29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
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