Psalms 76:5 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 76:5

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

BSB

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ASV

The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.

KJV

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The stout hearted are spoiled,.... The Assyrian army, its officers and generals, that came up against Jerusalem, with great resolution and courage, and with daring impiety and blasphemy against the God of heaven, as Rabshakeh and others; these were spoiled, and their armour and riches became a prey to those they thought to have made a prey of.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

The stouthearted are spoiled. They came to spoil, and lo! they are spoiled themselves. Their stout hearts are cold in death, the angel of the pestilence has dried up their life blood, their very heart is taken from them. They have slept their sleep. Their last sleep—the sleep of death. And none of the men of might have found their hands. Their arms are palsied, they cannot lift a finger, for the rigour of death has stiffened them. What a scene was that when Sennacherib's host was utterly destroyed in one night.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀	'esh.to.Lu	they were plundered	H7997 →
אַבִּ֣ירֵי	'a.Bi.rei	[people] mighty of	H47 →
לֵ֭ב	lev	heart	H3820 →
נָמ֣וּ	na.Mu	they slumbered	H5123 →
שְׁנָתָ֑ם	she.na.Tam	sleep their	H8142 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
מָצְא֖וּ	ma.tze.'U	they found	H4672 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
אַנְשֵׁי־	'an.shei-	[the] men of	H582 →
חַ֣יִל	Cha.yil	strength	H2428 →
יְדֵיהֶֽם׃	ye.dei.Hem	hands their	H3027 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 13:3
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
leads to
- Ezra 9:8
  But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage,…
- Psalms 18:28
  For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- Jeremiah 51:39
  While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares…
- 1 Samuel 14:29
  “My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
- Psalms 5:1
  Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
Through
Jeremiah 51:39
While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:57
  I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 46:12
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:5
  This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
Through
Nahum 3:18
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:17
  So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms