2-samuel 13:19
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly.
Webster's Revision
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
World English Bible
Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
Definitions for 2-samuel 13:19
Barnes's 2-samuel 13:19 Bible Commentary
Laid her hand on her head - To hold on the ashes (see the marginal references).
Went on crying - i. e. "went away, crying out as she went."
Wesley's 2-samuel 13:19 Bible Commentary
13:19 Put ashes - To signify her grief for some calamity which had befallen her, and what that was, concurring circumstances easily discovered.Head - In token of grief and shame, as if she were unable and ashamed to shew her face. Crying - To manifest her abhorrency of the fact, and that it was not done by her consent.
