Verse Comparison: Psalms 74:5
American Standard Version
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
Amplified® Bible
They seemed like men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees to make themselves a record.
Contemporary English Version
It looks like a forest chopped to pieces.
Darby English Version
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
Good News Bible
They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes.
King James Version
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
New American Standard Bible
It seems as if one had lifted up {His} axe in a forest of trees.
New International Version
They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
New King James Version
They seem like men who lift up
Axes among the thick trees.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees.
Revised Standard Version
At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.
Young's Literal Translation
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.