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Judges 5:16-18
Good News Translation
Judges 5:16-18
Good News Translation
16 Why did they stay behind with the sheep?
To listen to shepherds calling the flocks?
Yes, the tribe of Reuben was divided;
they could not decide to come.
17 The tribe of Gad stayed east of the Jordan,
and the tribe of Dan remained by the ships.
The tribe of Asher stayed by the seacoast;
they remained along the shore.
18 But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali
risked their lives on the battlefield.
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
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