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II Samuel 17:Verse 19

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

Exodus 1:19Exodus 1:19Joshua 2:4Joshua 2:24Joshua 2:4
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What Does II Samuel 17:19 Mean?

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"The woman of Bahurim demonstrates resourceful deception: "She took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and th..."

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King James VersionPrimary
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.

American Standard Version
ASV

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

American King James Version
AKJV

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

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.

Darby Translation
Darby

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.

Webster Bible
Webster

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

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And the wife tooke and spred a couering ouer the welles mouth, and spred ground corne thereon, that the thing should not be knowen.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

and the woman took and spread the cover over the face of the well, and spread thereon her pounded corn,—so nothing was known.

Literal Translation
LITV

And the woman took and spread the covering over the well, and spread ground grain on it. And the thing was not known.

Modern King James
MKJV

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it, and the thing was not known.

Updated King James
UKJV

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

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Then the woman took and spread a covering over the opening of the well; then she spread out dried grain on it, so nothing was discovered.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

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.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

Forsothe a womman took, and spred abrood an hilyng of the mouth of the pit as driynge `barli with the pile takun a wey, and so the thing was hid.

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