American Standard Version
Psalms 76:6
6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,Both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Psalms 76:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
- New International Version (NIV)At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie still.
- English Standard Version (ESV)At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.
- New King James Version (NKJV)At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
Context of Psalms 76:6
4Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey. 5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. At 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? 8Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
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מִ֭גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב נִ֝רְדָּ֗ם וְרֶ֣כֶב וָסֽוּס׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 76:6
- Psalms 18:15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- Psalms 104:7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
- Exodus 15:1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 14:27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
- Exodus 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
- 2 Samuel 10:18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 39:20And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
- Nahum 2:13Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
- 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.
- Zechariah 12:4In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.
- 1 Samuel 26:12So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.
- 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.
Commentaries on Psalms 76:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6At thy rebuke - It was not by any human means that this immense army was overthrown; it was by the power of God alone. Not only infantry was destroyed, but the cavalry also. The chariot and horse - That is, the chariot horses, as well as the men, were Cast into a dead sleep - Were all suffocated in the same night. On the destruction of this mighty host, the reader is requested to refer to the notes on 2 Kings 19.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob - At thy word; thy bidding; or, when God rebuked them for their attempt to attack the city. The idea is, that they were discomfited by a word spoken by God. Both the chariot and horse - The Septuagint renders this, “They who are mounted on horses.” The word rendered “chariot” here - רכב rekeb - may mean “riders, cavalry,” as well as chariot. See the notes at Isaiah 21:7. Hence, there would be less incongruity in the Hebrew…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. 66. chariot and horse--for those fighting on them (compare Psa 68:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 76
- 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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