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Judges 5:16

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

KJV

Quare habitas inter duos terminos, ut audias sibilos gregum ? diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.

Vulgate

εἰς τί ἐκάθισαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς διγομίας τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι συρισμοῦ ἀγγέλων; εἰς διαιρέσεις Ῥουβὴν μεγάλοι ἐξετασμοὶ καρδίας.

LXX

Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

ASV

לָ֣/מָּה יָשַׁ֗בְתָּ בֵּ֚ין הַֽ/מִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִם לִ/שְׁמֹ֖עַ שְׁרִק֣וֹת עֲדָרִ֑ים לִ/פְלַגּ֣וֹת רְאוּבֵ֔ן גְּדוֹלִ֖ים חִקְרֵי לֵֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Reuben

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
חֵ֑קֶר
chqr
noun · 12×
י
y
noun · 591×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם
mshptym
noun · 2×
פְלַגּ֣וֹת
plgvt
noun · 3×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שרוקת
shrvqt
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Num 32:1 — Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
  • Num 32:24 — Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.