Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax,
New American Standard Bible
His
King James Version
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Holman Bible
wielding axes,
A Conservative Version
They seemed as men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
American Standard Version
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
Amplified
It seems as if one had lifted up
An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].
Bible in Basic English
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Darby Translation
A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
Julia Smith Translation
It will be known according to bringing the axes upwards upon the thicket of wood.
King James 2000
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They are known [to be] like [those who] {wield} axes in a thicket of trees.
Modern King James verseion
He is known as one bringing axes on high, on the thick trees.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees was known to bring it to an excellent work.
NET Bible
They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.
New Heart English Bible
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
The Emphasized Bible
One used to be known according as he carried up high - into the thicket of trees - the axes;
Webster
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
World English Bible
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
Youngs Literal Translation
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 74:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Israel
4 Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs. 5 As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax, 6 now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 5:6
Now therefore please order that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, because you know there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians do."
2 Chronicles 2:14
He is the son of a mother from the tribe of Dan, and his father is from Tyre. He's skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and timber, as well as in purple, blue, linen, and crimson materials. He is skilled in engravings, and can craft any design to which he may be assigned. He will work with your skilled artisans and with all of your craftsmen who have been assigned by my lord David, your father.
Jeremiah 46:22-23
Her cry will be like that of a fleeing serpent when they come in strength. They're coming to her with axes like woodcutters.