Judges 5:16-18

Good News Translation

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.
¹⁷ The tribe of Gad stayed east of the Jordan,
    and the tribe of Dan remained by the ships.
The tribe of Asher stayed by the seacoast;
    they remained along the shore.
¹⁸ But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali
    risked their lives on the battlefield.