1 Samuel 25:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
"They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep.

NASB 1977
“They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep.

Amplified Bible
They were a wall [of protection] to us both night and day, all the time that we were with them tending the sheep.

Christian Standard Bible
They were a wall around us, both day and night, the entire time we were with them herding the sheep.

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

Good News Translation
They protected us day and night the whole time we were with them looking after our flocks.

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

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

NET Bible
Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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

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

New Heart English Bible
They were a wall to us both by night and by 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.

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.

A Faithful Version
They were a wall to 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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They were as a wall vnto vs both by night & by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They were a wall vnto vs both by night and day, all the while we were with them keping sheepe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
but they haue bene oure wall daye and nighte, as longe as we kepte the shepe by them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
they have been a wall to us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
They were a wall to us, also the night, also the day, all the days we were with them feeding the sheep.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they were a wall for us also in the night, also by day, all the days that we were with them and we were grazing the sheep

Lamsa Bible
And when we were in the wilderness, they were a wall to us both by night and day, and all the time we were with them tending the sheep.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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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