2 Samuel 17:19

And the woman tooke and spread a couering ouer the welles mouth, and spread ground corne thereon; and the thing was not knowen.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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 (1901)

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.
- Basic English Bible

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 Bible

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.
- Darby Bible

And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised corn thereon; and nothing was known.
- English Revised Version

The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 17:19

17:19 Spread corn - Under pretence of drying it by the sun: which shews it was summer - time.