The nurses said to the king, “The Hebrew [4] women are much stronger than the Egyptian women. They give birth to their babies before we can go to help them.” (
2 Samuel 17:19 - Easy To Read Version The man’s wife spread a sheet over the well. Then she covered the well with grain. {The well looked like a pile of grain,} so no person could know {that Jonathan and Ahimaaz were hiding there}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
The nurses said to the king, “The Hebrew [4] women are much stronger than the Egyptian women. They give birth to their babies before we can go to help them.” (
Moses left Pharaoh and went outside the city. He lifted his arms in prayer to the Lord. And the thunder and hail stopped, and then even the rain stopped.