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Judges 5:16-18
New International Version
Judges 5:16-18
New International Version
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[a](A)
to hear the whistling for the flocks?(B)
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead(C) stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(D) remained on the coast(E)
and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun(F) risked their very lives;
so did Naphtali(G) on the terraced fields.(H)
Footnotes
- Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
Judges 5:16-18
King James Version
Judges 5:16-18
King James Version
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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Judges 5:16-18
English Standard Version
Judges 5:16-18
English Standard Version
16 Why did you sit still (A)among the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 (B)Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
(C)and Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
(D)Asher sat still (E)at the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
18 (F)Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
(G)Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
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