Psalms 74:5-6 - Compare All Versions

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They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees. They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.

They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.

They swung their axes like woodcutters in a forest. With axes and picks, they smashed the carved paneling.

It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes,  then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the carved work Thereof at once with axes and hammers.

They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees. And now they break down its carved work, all at once, With axes and hammers.

While your people were at worship, your enemies barged in, brawling and scrawling graffiti. They set fire to the porch; axes swinging, they chopped up the woodwork, Beat down the doors with sledgehammers, then split them into kindling. They burned your holy place to the ground, violated the place of worship. They said to themselves, “We’ll wipe them all out,” and burned down all the places of worship.

It seems like one bringing up His axe into a forest of trees. And now they break down all its carved work With axe and hammers.

It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction]. And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers.

They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest. And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.