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 Exposition
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks?.... This tribe abounded with flocks and herds, and therefore chose the country on the other side Jordan, as suitable for…
Barnes' Notes
Great searchings - (thoughts, Jdg 5:15) of heart Deborah means to say that at first the Reubenites made magnanimous resolutions to help their brethren against Jabin. But they stayed at home, and let…
Here, I. Deborah stirs up herself and Barak to celebrate this victory in the most solemn manner, to the glory of God and the honour of Israel, for the encouragement of their friends and the greater…
Cambridge Bible
among the sheepfolds Gen 49:14, cf. Psa 68:13; the meaning is uncertain; it ought to be -fire-places" or -ash-heaps," according to the etymology of the Hebr. word.
the pipings for the flocks The root…
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