1 Samuel 25:16
◄  1 Samuel 25:16  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
In fact, day and night they were like a wall of protection to us and the sheep.

English Standard Version (©2001)
They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They were a wall around us, both day and night, the entire time we were herding the sheep.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They were a wall around us both day and night, all the time we were with them taking care of the sheep.

NET Bible (©2006)
Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They were a wall protecting us day and night as long as we were watching the sheep near them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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

American Standard Version
they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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

English Revised Version
they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:12-17 God is kind to the evil and unthankful, and why may not we be so? David determined to destroy Nabal, and all that belonged to him. Is this thy voice, O David? Has he been so long in the school of affliction, where he should have learned patience, and yet is so passionate? He at other times was calm and considerate, but is put into such a heat by a few hard words, that he seeks to destroy a whole family. What are the best of men, when God leaves them to themselves, that they may know what is in their hearts? What need to pray, Lord, lead us not into temptation!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They were a wall unto us both by night and day,.... Protecting and defending them against the Philistines, who, as they robbed the threshing floors of Keilah, would have plundered the flocks of Nabal; or it may be rather against the incursions of the Arabs in the wilderness of Paran, the posterity of Ishmael, who lived by plunder, and against the wild beasts of the desert, who otherwise would have carried off many of their sheep and lambs, by night or by day:

all the while we were with them keeping the sheep; all which showed how reasonable it was that Nabal should have used them well, and given them a portion of his entertainment at his sheep shearing; for had it not been for them, he would not have had so many sheep to shear as he had.

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David and Nabal
…15But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: 16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

Exodus 14:22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
1 Samuel 25:17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him."
Job 1:10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.