1 Samuel 25:16
Good News Translation
They protected us day and night the whole time we were with them looking after our flocks.

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

New American Bible
Day and night they were a wall of protection for us, the whole time we were pasturing the sheep near them.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

a wall

Exodus 14:22 And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up; for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left.

Job 1:10 Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?

Jeremiah 15:20 And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Zechariah 2:5 And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.

Context
David, Nabal, and Abigail
15These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: Neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert. 16They were a wall unto us, both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.…
Cross References
Exodus 14:22
And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up; for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left.

1 Samuel 25:17
Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.

Job 1:10
Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?

1 Samuel 25:15
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