Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Forsoþe Eliachym, sone of Elchie, and Sobna, and Joahe, seiden to Rabsaces, We preien, þat thou speke bi þe langage of Sirie to vs, thi seruauntis; for we vndirstondun this langage; and þat thou speke not to vs bi þe langage of Juwis, while þe puple herith, which is on þe wal.