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Judges 5:15-17
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Judges 5:15-17
Easy-to-Read Version
15 The leaders of Issachar were with Deborah.
The family of Issachar was true to Barak.
Those men marched to the valley on foot.
“Reuben, there are many brave soldiers in your army groups.
16 So why did you sit there against the walls of your sheep pens?[a]
The brave soldiers of Reuben thought hard about war.
But they stayed home listening to the music they played for their sheep.
17 The people of Gilead[b] stayed in their camps on the other side of the Jordan River.
As for you, people of Dan, why did you stay by your ships?
The people of Asher remained by the sea,
camped near their safe harbors.
Footnotes
- Judges 5:16 walls of your sheep pens Or “campfires” or “saddlebags.”
- Judges 5:17 Gilead This area was east of the Jordan River.
Judges 5:15-17
New International Version
Judges 5:15-17
New International Version
15 The princes of Issachar(A) were with Deborah;(B)
yes, Issachar was with Barak,(C)
sent under his command into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[a](D)
to hear the whistling for the flocks?(E)
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead(F) stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(G) remained on the coast(H)
and stayed in his coves.
Footnotes
- Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
Judges 5:15-17
King James Version
Judges 5:15-17
King James Version
15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
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.
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