Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Psalm 74:5
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Berean Standard Bible
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
King James Version
[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.
American Standard Version
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
Berean Literal Bible
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Psalm 74
3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
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