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Psalms 76:6

76:5 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.

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At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

What does Psalms 76:6 mean?

Psalms 76:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גְּעָרָה (gᵉʻârâh), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb).

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At
thy
rebuke,גְּעָרָהgᵉʻârâh/gheh-aw-raw'/H1606a chiding
O
Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
of
Jacob,יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
both
the
chariotרֶכֶבrekeb/reh'-keb/H7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
and
horseסוּסçûwç/soos/H5483a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
are
cast
into
a
dead
sleep.רָדַםrâdam/raw-dam'/H7290to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 76:6.

1 Kings 20:1

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

1 Kings 20:21

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

1 Kings 20:25

And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. that thou: Heb. that was fallen

Deuteronomy 11:4

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

Deuteronomy 20:1

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 14:23

And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Exodus 14:9

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

Exodus 15:19

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

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What does Psalms 76:6 say?

Psalms 76:6 (King James Version) reads: "At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep."

Is Psalms 76:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 76:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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