2 Samuel 17:19
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
2 Samuel 17:19 in other translations
| 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. |
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| WEB | The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known. |
| ASV | And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | 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. |
What does 2 Samuel 17:19 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:1-21
Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom's mind and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, and that he should desire Hushai's advice. But there is no contending with that God who can arm a man against himself, and destroy him by his own mistakes and passions. Ahithophel's former counsel was followed, for God intended to correct David; but his latter counsel…
2 Samuel 17:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 17:19
- Exodus 1:19
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
- Joshua 2:4-24
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. …
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Context
- 2 Samuel 17:18
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.
- 2 Samuel 17:19
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
- 2 Samuel 17:20
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.
2 Samuel 17:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomando la mujer de la casa una manta, extendióla sobre la boca del pozo, y tendió sobre ella el grano trillado; y no se penetró el negocio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la femme prit une couverture et l’étendit sur la bouche du puits, et répandit dessus du grain pilé; et on ne s’aperçut de rien. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Weib nahm eine Decke und breitete sie über den Brunnen, und streute Grütze darüber aus, so daß nichts bemerkt wurde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tulit autem mulier, et expandit velamen super os putei, quasi siccans ptisanas: et sic latuit res. |