Judges 5:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Why satest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why [Reuben] did you linger among the sheepfolds listening to the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. American Standard Version (1901) Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. Common English Bible “Why did you stay back among the sheep pens, listening to the music for the flocks?” For the clans of Reuben there was deep soul-searching. Catholic Public Domain Version Why do you live between two borders, so that you hear the bleating of the flocks? Reuben was divided against himself. Contention was found among great souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why 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. |
Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah
Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, As the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold?
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit made diligent search.
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?
whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.