King James Version
Psalms 76:5 in the King James Version says “The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 76 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.”
Psalms 76:5 · KJV
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
KJV Study — Public Domain
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“have found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and none of the men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“of might”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
“their hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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