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


In Context

13 And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.

14 And one of Nabal's young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our master; and he has insulted them.

15 And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields.

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

17 And now know and consider what thou wilt do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household; and he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him.

18 And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.

1 Samuel 25:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:16Night and day they were a wall around us all the time we were herding our sheep near them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:16They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:16They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:16they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:16they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:16They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:16a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.