Psalms 74:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
Psalms 74:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Psalms 74:5 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Psalms 74:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Psalms 74:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.”
Psalms 74:5 — World English Bible
Psalms 74:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.”
Psalms 74:5 — American Standard Version
Psalms 74:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood--axes.”
Psalms 74:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Psalms 74:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;”
Psalms 74:5 — Darby Translation
Psalms 74:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“He that lifted the axes vpon the thicke trees, was renowmed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:”
Psalms 74:5 — Geneva Bible
Psalms 74:5 in Context — Psalms 74
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.
What Does Psalms 74:5 Mean?
Psalms 74:5 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 74. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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