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 has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy, the shields and swords and weapons of war. Interlude 4You are glorious and more majestic than the everlasting mountains. Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us. 6At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still. 7No wonder you are greatly feared! Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?

Psalms 76:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The stoutheartedלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• The stoutheartedאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: strongH47
• are spoiledשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
• they have sleptנוּםnûm · to slumberH5123
• their sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• and none of the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of mightחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• their handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Psalms 76:5

• Job 40:10All right, put on your glory and splendor, your honor and majesty.
• Isaiah 46:12“Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right.
• Daniel 4:37“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
• Luke 1:51His mighty arm has done tremendous things! He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.
• Psalms 13:3Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
• Isaiah 37:36That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.
• Jeremiah 51:39And while they lie inflamed with all their wine, I will prepare a different kind of feast for them. I will make them drink until they fall asleep, and they will never wake up again,” says the Lord.
• Nahum 3:18Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king; your princes lie dead in the dust. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together.
• Psalms 31:8You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place.
• Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. His arm has not been put in a cast so that it may heal. Neither has it been bound up with a splint to make it strong enough to hold a 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