complete verse (Judges 5:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 5:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “What was wrong with them so that they stayed in the grazing fields
    listening to someone whistling to the sheep?
    The people of Reuben were undecided.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Why were you sitting in the sheep shed
    to hear the shepherd’s whistle?
    In the districts of Reuben
    much heart testing work took place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “O tribe of Reuben, would- you (plur.) just -stay with the sheep?
    Do you (plur.) just want to listen to the calling of the ones who-watch-over their sheep?
    You (plur.) never have unity, so you (plur.) can- not -decide whether you (plur.) will-go-with or not.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Why did you men stay at your sheep pens,
    waiting to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks of sheep to come to the pens?
    Men in the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide
    whether they would join us to fight our enemies, or not.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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