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."
— 1 Samuel 25:16, NET Bible
“They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.”
“they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. ”
“They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.”
“They were a wall unto us, both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.”
“But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.”
“They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.”
Then David instructed his men,“Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.
But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail,“David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our lord, but he screamed at them.
These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.
Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.
Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!”
So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeys
and said to her servants,“Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.