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1 Samuel 25:16

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

καὶ ἐν τῷ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐν ἀγρῷ ὡς τεῖχος ἦσαν περὶ ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν νύκτα καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ἤμεθα παρ’ αὐτοῖς ποιμαίνοντες τὸ ποίμνιον.

LXX

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

ASV

חוֹמָה֙ הָי֣וּ עָלֵ֔י/נוּ גַּם לַ֖יְלָה גַּם יוֹמָ֑ם כָּל יְמֵ֛י הֱיוֹתֵ֥/נוּ עִמָּ֖/ם רֹעִ֥ים הַ/צֹּֽאן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 14:22 — And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
  • Job 1:10 — Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Job 1:10 — Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Ps 38:20 — They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
  • Zech 2:5 — For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.