1 Samuel 25:16

Modern

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

Traditional

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

Literal

They were a wall for us, both by night and by day, all the days we were with them pasturing the sheep.

Latin

…pro muro erant nobis tam in nocte quam in die, omnibus diebus quibus pavimus apud eos greges.

Hebrew

English

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

This story about Nabal falls between two accounts in which Saul pursued David and David spared Saul’s life. Nabal was similar to Saul.

Theme notes and profiles

Job 1:10
Have 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 14:22
…and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
Jeremiah 15:20
Then 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.