Judges 5:16
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Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

sheepfolds

Numbers 32:1-5,24 And the sons of Ruben and Gad had many flocks of cattle, and their substance in beasts was infinite. And when they saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad fit for feeding cattle, . . .

Philippians 2:21 For all seek the things that are their own not the things that are Jesus Christ's.

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.

for, or in

Judges 5:15 The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed himself to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

great

Psalm 4:4 Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Psalm 77:6 And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.

Lamentations 3:40,41 Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord. . . .

Context
The Song of Deborah and Barak
15The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed himself to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men. 16Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.17Galaad rested beyond the Jordan, and Dan applied himself to ships: Aser dwelt on the sea shore, and abode in the havens.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:14
Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.

Numbers 32:1
And the sons of Ruben and Gad had many flocks of cattle, and their substance in beasts was infinite. And when they saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad fit for feeding cattle,

Numbers 32:2
They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the multitude, and said:

Psalm 68:13
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.

Lexicon
Why
לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

did you sit
יָשַׁ֗בְתָּ (yā·šaḇ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

among
בֵּ֚ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the sheepfolds
הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִם (ham·miš·pə·ṯa·yim)
Article | Noun - md
Strong's Hebrew 4942: Perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps

to hear
לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ (liš·mō·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

the whistling
שְׁרִק֣וֹת (šə·ri·qō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8292: Hissing, whistling, piping

for the flocks?
עֲדָרִ֑ים (‘ă·ḏā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5739: An arrangement, muster

In the clans
לִפְלַגּ֣וֹת (lip̄·lag·gō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6391: A division

of Reuben
רְאוּבֵ֔ן (rə·’ū·ḇên)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc

was great
גְּדוֹלִ֖ים (gə·ḏō·w·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

indecision.
חִקְרֵי־ (ḥiq·rê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2714: A searching, a thing (to be) searched out


Additional Translations
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

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

Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? there were great searchings of heart.

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the bleating of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben there were great deliberations of heart!

Why satest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

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

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great are the searchings of heart!
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