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Judges 5:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
Judges 5:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
18 “But the men of Zebulun and Naphtali risked their lives
fighting on those hills.
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 5:16-18
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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