Psalms 76:5

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 broke the flaming arrows, The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah. 4You are resplendent, More majestic than the mountains of prey. The stouthearted were plundered, They sank into sleep; And none of the warriors could use his hands. 6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep. 7You, even You, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?

Psalms 76:5 word by word

אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀ אַבִּ֣ירֵי לֵ֭ב נָמ֣וּ שְׁנָתָ֑ם וְלֹא־מָצְא֖וּ כָל־אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֣יִל יְדֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• stoutheartedאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: strongH47
• stoutheartedלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• were plunderedשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
• They sankנוּםnûm · to slumberH5123
• into sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• And noneלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• And noneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• warriorsחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• could useמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• his handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Psalms 76:5

• Job 40:10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
• Isaiah 46:12“Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness.
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
• Luke 1:51He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
• Psalms 13:3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead.
• Jeremiah 51:39When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
• Nahum 3:18Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to regather them.
• Psalms 31:8And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place.
• Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may 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

Topics related to Psalms 76:5

• Heart
• Victories

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Cast
• Death
• Neginoth
• Psalms
• God
• Hand
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
• Stout; Stoutness

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