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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 25

David, Nabal, and Abigail

1 Samuel 25:16

In 11 translations

BSB
They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
KJV
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
WEB
They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
ASV
they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
LSV
they have been a wall to us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.
YLT
a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.
DBY
They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them feeding the sheep.
DRC
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
GNV
They were as a wall vnto vs both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.
JPS
they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
LXXE
And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock.

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Original-language editions

WLC
חוֹמָה֙ הָי֣וּ עָלֵ֔ינוּ גַּם־לַ֖יְלָה גַּם־יוֹמָ֑ם כָּל־יְמֵ֛י הֱיוֹתֵ֥נוּ עִמָּ֖ם רֹעִ֥ים הַצֹּֽאן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐν τῷ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐν ἀγρῷ, ὡς τεῖχος ἦσαν περὶ ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν νύκτα καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ἦμεν παρʼ αὐτοῖς ποιμαίνοντες τὸ ποίμνιον.

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◆ Reign of Saul

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
  • Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  • Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
  • Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

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