2-samuel 17:19
Translations
King James Version (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 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.
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.
Basic English Translation (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.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised corn thereon; and nothing was known.
Barnes's 2-samuel 17:19 Bible Commentary
A covering - Hebrew "the covering," perhaps "the hanging" or "awning" at the door of the house, as the word seems to mean when spoken of the tabernacle.
Ground corn - Or "peeled barley," which she spread out as if for the purpose of drying it in the sun.
Wesley's 2-samuel 17:19 Bible Commentary
17:19 Spread corn - Under pretence of drying it by the sun: which shews it was summer - time.
