KJV King James Version
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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Psalm 76:5
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
WEB World English Bible
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
ASV American Standard Version
The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.
Surrounding context — Psalm 76
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀H7997 · sha.lalto takeאַבִּ֣ירֵיH47 · ab.birmighty: oxלֵ֭בH3820 · levheartנָמ֣וּH5123 · numto slumberשְׁנָתָ֑םH8142 · she.nahsleepוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotמָצְא֖וּH4672 · ma.tsato findכָל־H3605 · kolallאַנְשֵׁי־H582 · e.noshhumanחַ֣יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersיְדֵיהֶֽם׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
Nahum 3:18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth [them].Psalm 13:3Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;Jeremiah 51:39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.Isaiah 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that [are] far from righteousness:Daniel 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.Ezekiel 30:21-25Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.Isaiah 31:8Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.Luke 1:51-52He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.Job 40:10-12Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
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