1 Samuel 25:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the days we were with them tending 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.

1 Samuel 25:16 Cross References

Job 1:10

“Have You not made a hedge around him, and 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

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 15:20

“And I shall make you to this people a strong bronze wall. And they shall fight against you, but not overcome you. For I am with you to save you and deliver you,” declares יהוה.

Zechariah 2:5

‘For I Myself am to her,’ declares יהוה, ‘a wall of fire all around, and for esteem I am in her midst.’ ”

1 Samuel 25:17

“And now, know and see what you should do, for evil has been resolved against our master, and against all his household, and he is too much of a son of Beliyaʽ