1 Samuel 25:16 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ they were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ They were a wall to us night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ In fact, the whole time we were with them, watching our sheep, they were a protective wall around us both night and day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

1 Samuel 25:16 Cross References

Job 1:10

Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Exodus 14:22

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

Zechariah 2:5

For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.