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


In Context

13 David said to his men, |Every man put on his sword!| Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, |Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.

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

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

17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.|

18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

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 Darby 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 feeding 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 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.