Psalm 74:5–6
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They set fire to the porch;
axes swinging, they chopped up the woodwork,
Beat down the doors with sledgehammers,
then split them into kindling.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
They were like those who swing axes
in a forest of trees.
And all its carved wood
they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
They smashed all the carved paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,
then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
They swung their axes
like woodcutters in a forest.
With axes and picks,
they smashed the carved paneling.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
They are known to be like those who wield
axes in a thicket of trees.
And now its carved works altogether
they have smashed with axe and hammer.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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