Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThe bravest of heart were plundered and stunned; they fell into the sleep of death — not a single warrior could raise his hands.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThe stout-hearted were stripped bare; they sank into their sleep — not one of the warriors could lift his hands.
KJV
King James VersionThe stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThe valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
Footnotes
*Abbirei lev* (אַבִּירֵי לֵב, 'mighty of heart') designates elite warriors — men of exceptional courage and physical power. *Eshtolellu* (אֶשְׁתּוֹלְלוּ, Hithpolel of *shalal*) means they were thoroughly stripped and despoiled — the plunderers became the plundered. *Namu shenatam* ('they slept their sleep') is an idiom for the sleep of death, a final slumber from which there is no waking (cf. Ps. 13:3). The inability to lift the hands is the ultimate military humiliation — the warrior's weapon arm rendered powerless. FOG renders 'stout-hearted' to echo the Hebrew compound *lev*; FOG Message uses 'bravest of heart' and makes the lethal implication explicit.