1 Samuel 25:16 - New King James Version

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

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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.

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.

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.

1 Samuel 25:16 Cross References

Job 1:10

Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Exodus 14:22

So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; And they will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you; For I am with you to save you And deliver you,” says the Lord.

Zechariah 2:5

For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”