16Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.


In Context

13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble; the people of the LORD marched down for him against the mighty.

14 From E'phraim they set out thither into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zeb'ulun those who bear the marshal's staff;

15 the princes of Is'sachar came with Deb'orah, and Is'sachar faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

16 Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he abide with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, settling down by his landings.

18 Zeb'ulun is a people that jeoparded their lives to the death; Naph'tali too, on the heights of the field.

Judges 5:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great searchings of heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayest hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Why satest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Why abodest thou among the sheep-folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great are the searchings of heart!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.