Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.
Parallel translations
- WEB Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
- KJV The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found 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.
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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 3:18Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
- Ps 13:3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
- Jer 51:39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh.
- Isa 46:12Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!
- Luke 1:51–52He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- Job 40:10–12“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
- Isa 31:8“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
- Ezek 30:21–25Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Isa 37:36Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
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