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.

你为何坐在羊圈内听群中吹笛的声音呢？在流便的溪水旁有心中设大谋的。

你为何坐在羊圈内，听羊群中吹笛的声音呢？吕便支派具心有大谋的人。

你为何坐在羊圈内，听羊群中吹笛的声音呢？吕便支派具心有大谋的人。

吕便人为什么坐在羊圈中听悠悠笛声？他们举棋不定。

你为什么坐在羊圈之中，听呼唤群畜的笛声呢？在流本的众溪旁，有心怀大志的。

你為何坐在羊圈內聽羣中吹笛的聲音呢？在呂便的溪水旁有心中設大謀的。

你為何坐在羊圈內，聽羊羣中吹笛的聲音呢？呂便支派具心有大謀的人。

你為何坐在羊圈內，聽羊羣中吹笛的聲音呢？呂便支派具心有大謀的人。

呂便人為什麼坐在羊圈中聽悠悠笛聲？他們舉棋不定。

你為甚麼坐在羊圈之中，聽呼喚群畜的笛聲呢？在流本的眾溪旁，有心懷大志的。

你為甚麼坐在羊圈之間、聽口哨聲呼喚畜羣呢？在如便族系中有內心之大檢討。

爾何坐於牢中、聽牧者之笛乎、流便在其溪濱、深自揣度、

爾何處於藩間、豈欲聽牧羊者吹笛乎、流便族深自圖維、居於溪濱。

爾何坐牢中聽群畜之聲、聽群畜之聲或作聽牧人吹笛之聲在流便溪濱、大有躊躇斟酌、

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

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

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.

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

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

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

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

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.

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben[ there were] great searchings of heart.

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.

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.

Go ahead and build towns for your families and pens for your flocks, but do everything you have promised.”

Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude

when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.

The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned vast numbers of livestock. So when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideally suited for their flocks and herds,they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other leaders of the community. They said,“ Notice the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon.The Lord has conquered this whole area for the community of Israel, and it is ideally suited for all our livestock.If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”

All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Barak. They followed Barak, rushing into the valley. But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.

Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,

They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.