5and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,


In Context

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.

3 Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

4 And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,

5 and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,

6 they have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.

7 They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.

Psalm 74:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

74:5[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

74:5They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

74:5They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

74:5A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

74:5They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

74:5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

74:5They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

74:5He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

74:5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes on the thick trees.