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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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or, In.
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Psa. 4:4• 4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 77:6• 6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. (Psa. 77:6)
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Lam. 3:40‑41• 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
 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• 1Now 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;
 2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
 3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
 4Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
 5Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
 24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. (Num. 32:1‑5,24)
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Phil. 2:21• 21For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. (Phil. 2:21)
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Phil. 3:19• 19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (Phil. 3:19)
For.
or, In.
Judg. 5:15• 15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. (Judg. 5:15)
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Judg. 5•  (Judg. 5)
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great.
Psa. 4:4• 4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 77:6• 6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. (Psa. 77:6)
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Lam. 3:40‑41• 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
 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."