[和合本] 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。
[新标点] 你为何坐在羊圈内听群中吹笛的声音呢？在吕便的溪水旁有心中设大谋的。
[和合修] 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。
[新译本] 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。
[当代修] 吕便人为什么坐在羊圈中听悠悠笛声？他们举棋不定。
[现代修] 他们为什么逗留在羊群后面？要听牧人呼唤群羊吗？是的，吕便支族意见分歧；他们犹预不定。
[吕振中] 你为何坐在羊圈内听群中吹笛的声音呢？在吕便的溪水旁有心中设大谋的。
[思高本] 为什么你坐在羊圈内，静听牧童的笛声？勒乌本境内，都是犹豫满怀的人。
[文理本] 尔何坐于牢中、听牧者之笛乎、流便在其溪滨、深自揣度、
[GNT] 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.
[BBE] Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?
[KJV] Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
[NKJV] Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
[KJ21] Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
[NASB] Why did you sit among the (Or saddlebags)sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
[NRSV] 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.
[WEB] 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.
[ESV] 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.
[NIV] 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] 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.
[HCSB] 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.
[CSB] 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.
[AMP] 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.
[NLT] 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.
[YLT] Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the searchings of heart!