2 Samuel 17:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it, so the matter was not known.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And the woman spread a covering over the well's mouth and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not discovered.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the well’s opening, then scattered grain over it so no one would notice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.

2 Samuel 17:19 Cross References

Exodus 1:19

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Mitsrian women. For they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

Exodus 9:33

And Mosheh went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to יהוה, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.