Psalms 74:5
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
In other versions
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
ASV
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
BBE
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
DBY
They behaved like men wielding axes, Cutting through a thicket of trees.
WEB
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
YLT
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
ENG
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
WBT
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
BSB
In context
3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.