The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Parallel translations
- WEB Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
- BSB The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
- NKJV The stouthearted were plundered; They have sunk into their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.
- NASB The stouthearted were plundered, They sank into sleep; And none of the warriors could use his hands.
- NLT Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.
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The valiant enemy soldiers lie plundered in the sleep of death, unable to lift a hand.
Overview
The mighty warriors who threatened God's people are utterly helpless before Him, stripped and fallen. Their strength counts for nothing against the Lord of hosts. This vivid picture of defeated foes magnifies God's power to overthrow even the most formidable enemies of His people.
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- Nah 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.
- Ps 13:3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- Jer 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.
- Isa 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
- 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.
- Isa 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.
- Ezek 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.
- Dan 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.
- Isa 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.
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