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Judges 5:16

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.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks?.... This tribe abounded with flocks and…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Great searchings - (thoughts, Jdg 5:15) of heart Deborah means to say that at first the Reubenites made magnanimous…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 5:12-23

Here, I. Deborah stirs up herself and Barak to celebrate this victory in the most solemn manner, to the glory of God and…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

among the sheepfolds Gen 49:14, cf. Psa 68:13; the meaning is uncertain; it ought to be -fire-places" or -ash-heaps,"…