NET
KJV
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.

ASV
16. Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

ESV
16. Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

ERVEN
16. So why did you sit there against the walls of your sheep pens? The brave soldiers of Reuben thought hard about war. But they stayed home listening to the music they played for their sheep.

NLT
16. Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds-- to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.

WEB
16. Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

NLV
16. Why did you sit among the sheep, to hear the horns blow for the flocks? There was much thought among the families of Reuben.

HCSB
16. Why did you sit among the sheepfolds listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks? There was great searching of heart among the clans of Reuben.

YLT
16. Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the searchings of heart!

LITV
16. Why did you sit between the sheepfolds to hear the bleatings of flocks? At the divisions of Reuben searchings of heart were great!

RV
16. Why satest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

NCV
16. Why did you stay by the sheepfold? Was it to hear the music played for your sheep? about what they would do.

MKJV
16. Why did you stay among the sheepfolds to hear the bleating of the flocks? For in the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

AKJV
16. Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

LXXEN
16. Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? there were great searchings of heart.



KJV
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.

AMP
16. Why [Reuben] did you linger among the sheepfolds listening to the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

KJVP
16. Why H4100 L-IPRO abodest H3427 thou among H996 PREP the sheepfolds H4942 , to hear H8085 the bleatings H8292 of the flocks H5739 ? For the divisions H6391 of Reuben H7205 [ there ] [ were ] great H1419 searchings H2714 of heart H3820 NMS .

YLT
16. Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the searchings of heart!

ASV
16. Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

WEB
16. Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

NASB
16. Why do you stay beside your hearths listening to the lowing of the herds? Among the clans of Reuben great were the searchings of heart!

ESV
16. Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

RV
16. Why satest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

RSV
16. Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

NKJV
16. Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.

MKJV
16. Why did you stay among the sheepfolds to hear the bleating of the flocks? For in the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

AKJV
16. Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

NRSV
16. Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

NIV
16. Why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

NIRV
16. Why did they stay among the campfires? Why did they stay to hear shepherds whistling for the flocks? In the territories of Reuben, men looked deeply into their hearts.

NLT
16. Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds-- to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.

MSG
16. Why all those campfire discussions? Diverted and distracted, Reuben's divisions couldn't make up their minds.

GNB
16. Why did they stay behind with the sheep? To listen to shepherds calling the flocks? Yes, the tribe of Reuben was divided; they could not decide to come.

NET
16. Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben— there was intense searching of heart.

ERVEN
16. So why did you sit there against the walls of your sheep pens? The brave soldiers of Reuben thought hard about war. But they stayed home listening to the music they played for their sheep.