15. Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,the men of Issachar supported Barak;into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command.Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching.
16. 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.
17. Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River.As for Dan – why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards?Asher remained on the seacoast,he stayed by his harbors.
18. The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.
19. Kings came, they fought;the kings of Canaan fought,at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,but they took no silver as plunder.
20. From the sky the stars fought,from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.
21. The Kishon River carried them off;the river confronted them – the Kishon River.Step on the necks of the strong!