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


In Context

13 And David saith to his men, 'Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

14 And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, 'Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;

15 and the men are very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

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

17 And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he is too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

18 And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth them on the 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 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 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 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.