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Judges 5:15-17
GOD’S WORD Translation
Judges 5:15-17
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 Issachar’s commanders were with Deborah.
They were also with Barak,
sent into the valley under his command.
Among Reuben’s divisions important men had second thoughts.
16 Why did you sit between the saddlebags?
Was it to listen to the shepherds playing their flutes?
Reuben’s divisions of important men had second thoughts.
17 Gilead remained east of the Jordan River.
And Dan … Why did he stay by the ships?
Asher sat on the seashore and remained along the inlets.
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
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