Judges 5:16
16 Why did you sit still oamong the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
Judges 5:16 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
Judges 5:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—
to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks?
Yes, in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.
Judges 5:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
Judges 5:16 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 Why did you stay by the sheepfold?
Was it to hear the music played for your sheep?
The Reubenites thought hard
about what they would do.
Judges 5:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
At the watercourses of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
Judges 5:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the bleating of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben there were great deliberations of heart!
Judges 5:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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.
Judges 5:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds
listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks?
There was great searching of heart
among the clans of Reuben.
Judges 5:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds,
to hear the piping for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
Judges 5:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 Why do you sit among the sheepfolds,
to hear the calling sounds of the herds?
For the clans of Reuben,
there were great searchings of the heart.
Judges 5:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 Why did they stay among the campfires?
Why did they stay to hear shepherds whistling for the flocks?
In the territories of Reuben,
men looked deeply into their hearts.
Judges 5:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 “Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the piping for the flocks?
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.