Psalm 76:5

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

Cross-references

Psalm 13:3 Parallel

Psalm 13:3 uses the same 'sleep of death' imagery — there a plea for deliverance, here a description of enemy defeat.

In Job 40:10-12, God describes bringing down the proud — mirroring the defeat of the stouthearted warriors here.

Isaiah 37:36 Historical context

Isaiah 37:36 records the Assyrian army's slaughter — a concrete example of the stouthearted being stripped and sleeping in death.

Jeremiah 51:39 describes God making Babylon's warriors drink and sleep a perpetual sleep, echoing the same divine judgment causing warriors to sink into sleep.

Daniel 4:37 Parallel

In Daniel 4:37, Nebuchadnezzar declares God humbles the proud — exactly what happens to the stouthearted here.

Nahum 3:18 Parallel

Nahum 3:18 depicts Assyria's shepherds asleep (dead) after God's judgment, paralleling the sleep of warriors in Psalm 76:5.

Luke 1:51 Parallel

In Luke 1:51, Mary praises God for scattering the proud — same theme as the defeat of the stouthearted here.

Luke 1:52 Parallel

In Luke 1:52, God brings down the mighty — directly parallel to the defeat of the stouthearted warriors here.

2 Kings 19:35 Historical context

2 Kings 19:35 recounts the angel striking dead 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, directly fulfilling the image of warriors sinking into sleep.

2 Chronicles 32:21 Historical context

2 Chronicles 32:21 records the same event as 2 Kings 19:35, with God cutting off Assyrian warriors, paralleling the divine defeat.

In Isaiah 43:17, the same image of warriors lying down unable to rise echoes God's victory over Egypt's army.

In Jeremiah 51:57, warriors sleep a perpetual sleep, directly paralleling the 'sink into sleep' of the stouthearted.

In Jeremiah 51:30, Babylon's warriors cease fighting and their strength fails, mirroring the helplessness of the stouthearted.

Isaiah 46:12 uses the same Hebrew phrase 'stouthearted' to address the stubborn — here they are defeated, there called to listen.

Obadiah 1:9 Parallel

In Obadiah 1:9, Edom's mighty men are dismayed and cut off, similar to the stripped stouthearted.

In Zechariah 12:4, God strikes horses and riders with panic, echoing the disabling of warriors.