The Syrian Language
Isaiah 36:11
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it…


, i.e. Aramaic, spoken between Palestine and the Euphrates, the language of international intercourse and commerce in those days.

(A. B. Davidson, D.D.)



Parallel Verses
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.

WEB: Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and don't speak to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."




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