Psalms
King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 74:5
“A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 74:5 Context
2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
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Other Translations
A man was famous according as he had lifted vp axes vpon the thicke trees.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
It seems as if one had lifted up {His} axe in a forest of trees.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
- Basic English Bible
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
- Darby Bible
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
- Webster's Bible
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
- World English Bible
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
It seems as if one had lifted up {His} axe in a forest of trees.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
- Basic English Bible
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
- Darby Bible
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
- Webster's Bible
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
- World English Bible
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 74:5
74:5 Famous - The temple was so noble a structure, that it was a great honour to any man to be employed in the meanest part of the work, though it were but in cutting down the trees of Lebanon.