American Standard Version
Psalms 76:5
5The stouthearted are made a spoil,They have slept their sleep;And none of the men of might have found their hands.
Psalms 76:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- New International Version (NIV)The valiant lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The stouthearted were plundered; They have sunk into their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.
Context of Psalms 76:5
3There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [Selah 4Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey. The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. 6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 7Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Read all of Psalms 76Psalms 76:5 word by word
אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀ אַבִּ֣ירֵי לֵ֭ב נָמ֣וּ שְׁנָתָ֑ם וְלֹא־מָצְא֖וּ כָל־אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֣יִל יְדֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 76:5
- Job 40:10Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
- Isaiah 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Luke 1:51He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
- Psalms 13:3Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- Isaiah 37:36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
- Nahum 3:18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.
- Psalms 31:8And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
- Ezekiel 30:21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
Commentaries on Psalms 76:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The stout-hearted are spoiled - The boasting blasphemers, such as Rab-shakeh, and his master Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. They have slept their sleep - They were asleep in their tent when the destroying angel, the suffocating wind, destroyed the whole; they over whom it passed never more awoke. None of the men of might - Is not this a strong irony? Where are your mighty men? their boasted armor, etc.?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The stout-hearted are spoiled - The valiant men, the men who came so confidently to the invasion. The word “spoiled” here, as elsewhere in the Scriptures, means “plundered,” not (as the word is now used) “corrupted.” See the notes at Colossians 2:8. They have slept their sleep - They are dead; they have slept their last sleep. Death, in the Scriptures, as in all other writings, is often compared with sleep. And none of the men of might - The men who came…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The psalmist praises God for his achievement and for his glorious majesty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. slept their sleep--died (Psa 13:3). none ... found ... hands--are powerless.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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