Judges 5:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Why did you stay 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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  • Num 32:24 : 24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep; and do what you have said.
  • Judg 5:15 : 15 And 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.
  • Ps 4:4 : 4 Stand in awe, and do not sin: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
  • Ps 77:6 : 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit diligently searches.
  • Lam 3:40-41 : 40 Let us search and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart along with our hands to God in the heavens.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.
  • Num 32:1-5 : 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great number of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they realized that the place was suitable for cattle. 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4 The country which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land suitable for cattle, and your servants have cattle. 5 Therefore, they said, if we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession, and do not bring us over the Jordan.

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  • Judg 5:15
    81%

    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 5:17
    73%

    17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued at the sea shore, and remained in his inlets.

  • Num 32:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

    7And why discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great number of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they realized that the place was suitable for cattle.

    2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

  • Josh 22:21
    68%

    21Then the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

  • Deut 33:6
    67%

    6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

  • Josh 22:15
    67%

    15And they came to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and spoke with them, saying,

  • Gen 35:22-23
    2 verses
    67%

    22And it came to pass, when Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Ezek 48:6
    66%

    6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Reuben.

  • Exod 1:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • Num 1:20-21
    2 verses
    66%

    20And the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, by head count, every male from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;

    21Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

  • Num 2:16
    66%

    16All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were one hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. They shall set forth in the second rank.

  • Gen 29:7
    65%

    7And he said, Look, it is still broad daylight; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.

  • Gen 49:3
    65%

    3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

  • Gen 37:15-16
    2 verses
    65%

    15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

    16And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

  • 1 Chr 5:1
    65%

    1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned according to the birthright.

  • Josh 21:36
    65%

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs,

  • Josh 13:23
    65%

    23And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and its border. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

  • Gen 31:37
    65%

    37Whereas you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

  • Josh 13:15
    65%

    15And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

  • Deut 33:18
    65%

    18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.

  • Num 26:7
    65%

    7These are the families of the Reubenites: and those that were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

  • 1 Chr 2:1
    65%

    1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

  • Ezek 34:6-7
    2 verses
    64%

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.

    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

  • Gen 37:21
    64%

    21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

  • Josh 22:25
    64%

    25For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no part in the LORD. So your children might make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

  • Hos 5:8
    64%

    8Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin.

  • Gen 31:4
    64%

    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

  • Gen 31:27
    64%

    27Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with joy, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp?

  • Judg 20:12
    63%

    12And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

  • Josh 22:9
    63%

    9And the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the region of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they possessed according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

  • Neh 11:36
    63%

    36And of the Levites were divisions in Judah and in Benjamin.

  • Obad 1:6
    63%

    6How Esau's things are searched out! How his hidden treasures are sought after!

  • Judg 8:2
    63%

    2And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison to you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

  • Num 2:10
    63%

    10On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies. The captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  • Exod 6:14
    63%

    14These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.

  • Gen 29:9
    63%

    9And while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she tended them.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    63%

    14And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?