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,"…
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