5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, 1
listening to the shepherds playing their pipes 2 for their flocks? 3
As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.
[5:16] 1 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”
[5:16] 2 tn Or “whistling.”
[5:16] 3 tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”
