King James Version

Psalms 74:5

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

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יִ֭וָּדַעyivadaknowיָדַעverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…כְּמֵבִ֣יאkemevias to comeבּוֹאpreposition, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “as to come”, a verb used as a describing wordH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…לְמָ֑עְלָהlemaelahto aboveמַעַלpreposition, adverb, directional ending — “to above”H4605properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.בִּֽסֲבָךְbisavakhein thickסְבָךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in thick”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5442a copsethick(-et).עֵ֝֗ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹתqardumotaxקַרְדֹּםnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “ax”, the ordinary formH7134an axeax.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

Young’s Literal Translation

He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.

World English Bible

They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

Darby Translation

[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

Douay-Rheims

I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἔθεντο τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν σημεῖα, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, ὡς εἰς τὴν εἴσοδον ὑπεράνω· ὡς ἐν δρυμῷ ξύλων ἀξίναις ἐξέκοψαν