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


In Context

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.

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

6 And now all the carved work thereof together they break down with hatchet and hammers.

7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

74:5and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood 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 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.