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.
KJV
Tulit autem mulier, et expandit velamen super os putei, quasi siccans ptisanas : et sic latuit res.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔλαβεν ἡ γυνὴ καὶ διεπέτασεν τὸ ἐπικάλυμμα ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τοῦ λάκκου καὶ ἔψυξεν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἀραφώθ, καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ῥῆμα.
LXX
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
ASV
וַ/תִּקַּ֣ח הָ/אִשָּׁ֗ה וַ/תִּפְרֹ֤שׂ אֶת הַ/מָּסָךְ֙ עַל פְּנֵ֣י הַ/בְּאֵ֔ר וַ/תִּשְׁטַ֥ח עָלָ֖י/ו הָֽ/רִפ֑וֹת וְ/לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע דָּבָֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 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.
- Exod 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.
- Josh 2:4 — 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:
- Josh 2:6 — 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.