2 Samuel 17:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 17:19 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 1:19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
- Joshua 2:4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
- Joshua 2:6(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
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