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Judg. 5:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Why abodest
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
thou among
beyn (Hebrew #996)
properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
KJV usage: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine)
the sheepfolds
mishpath (Hebrew #4942)
a stall for cattle (only dual)
KJV usage: burden, sheepfold.
Pronounce: mish-pawth'
Origin: from 8192
, to hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the bleatings
shruwqah (Hebrew #8292)
feminine passive participle of 8319; a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
KJV usage: bleating, hissing.
Pronounce: sher-oo-kaw'
Origin: or (by permutation) shriyqah {sher-ee- kaw'}
of the flocks
`eder (Hebrew #5739)
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
KJV usage: drove, flock, herd.
Pronounce: ay'-der
Origin: from 5737
? ηFor the divisions
plaggah (Hebrew #6390)
a runlet, i.e. gully
KJV usage: division, river.
Pronounce: pel-ag-gaw'
Origin: from 6385
of Reuben
R'uwben (Hebrew #7205)
see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob
KJV usage: Reuben.
Pronounce: reh-oo-bane'
Origin: from the imperative of 7200 and 1121
there were great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
searchings
cheqer (Hebrew #2714)
examination, enumeration, deliberation
KJV usage: finding out, number, (un-)search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
Pronounce: khay'-ker
Origin: from 2713
i of heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Psa. 4:4• 4Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 77:6• 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search. (Psa. 77:6)
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Lam. 3:40‑41• 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto *God in the heavens. (Lam. 3:40‑41)

More on:

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Flock,
Heart,
Reuben,
Sheepfold

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sheepfolds.
Num. 32:1‑5,24• 1And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle, a very great multitude; and they saw the land of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle.
 2And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the assembly, saying,
 3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
 4the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle;
 5and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan.
 24Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth. (Num. 32:1‑5,24)
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Phil. 2:21• 21For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ. (Phil. 2:21)
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Phil. 3:19• 19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and their glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:) (Phil. 3:19)
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or, In.
Judg. 5:15• 15And the princes in Issachar were with Deborah; And Issachar, like Barak; They were sent into the valley at his feet. In the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart! (Judg. 5:15)
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Judg. 5•  (Judg. 5)
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great.
Psa. 4:4• 4Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 77:6• 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search. (Psa. 77:6)
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Lam. 3:40‑41• 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto *God in the heavens. (Lam. 3:40‑41)
• The trumpet calling the people together had no voice for the heart of Reuben. His prosperity was such, that he preferred remaining in the peaceful enjoyment of his acquired wealth, resting among the sheepfolds, stopping at the watercourses (Revised Version), which formed his boundary. (“The Conference at Jerusalem: Eating Blood”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the pipings to."
l
Or "there was much debating."