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Judges 5:16 KJV
Judges · chapter 5 · verse 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.Judges 5:16 · King James Version
Judges 5:16 in context
14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
15And 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.
16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sheepfoldsmishpâtha stall for cattleH4942 →
- searchingschêqerexamination, enumeration, deliberationH2714 →
- bleatingsshᵉrûwqâha whistlingH8292 →
- divisionspᵉlaggâha runletH6390 →
- abodestyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- flocksʻêderan arrangementH5739 →
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Here, I. Deborah stirs up herself and Barak to celebrate this victory in the most solemn manner, to the glory of God and the honour of Israel, for the encouragement of their friends and the greater confusion of their enemies, Jdg 5:12. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-23