2 Samuel 17:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.”
2 Samuel 17:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 17:19 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 17:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.”
2 Samuel 17:19 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 17:19 ASV — 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. ”
2 Samuel 17:19 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 17:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.”
2 Samuel 17:19 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 17:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known. ”
2 Samuel 17:19 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 17:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the wife tooke and spred a couering ouer the welles mouth, and spred ground corne thereon, that the thing should not be knowen.”
2 Samuel 17:19 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 17:19 in Context — 2 Samuel 17
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En–rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
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.
20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
What Does 2 Samuel 17:19 Mean?
2 Samuel 17:19 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 17. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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