Psalm 74:5
King James Version (KJV)
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
In context
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Psalm 74:5 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
- WEB World English Bible
- They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
- ASV American Standard Version
- They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.
- DBY Darby Translation
- [A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
- WBS Webster Bible
- A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.