Verse 5

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det var som om de løftet økser mot en tett skog av trær, klare til å hugge ned.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En mann ble kjent for å heve økser mot skogene.

• Norsk King James

  En mann ble kjent for å løfte økser mot de tykke trærne.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hver av dem ble kjent som den som høyner øksen for å hogge i tett sammenføyet tre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Man har vist seg som den som løfter øksen mot en tett skog.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En mann var kjent for å løfte økser blant de tette trærne.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En mann ble berømt for at han hevet økser over de tette trærne.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  En mann var kjent for å løfte økser blant de tette trærne.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det var som når noen svinger øksen mot tettvokste trær.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  It appeared like one lifting up axes against a thick forest.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.74.5", "source": "יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃", "text": "*Yivvada* as *mevi* to *ma'lah* in *sevach-ets qarduumot*.", "grammar": { "*Yivvada*": "niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'it is/was known/it appeared'", "*mevi*": "hiphil participle masculine singular - 'one bringing'", "*ma'lah*": "feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition - 'upward/above'", "*sevach-ets*": "construct phrase - 'thicket of a tree/wooded thicket'", "*qarduumot*": "feminine plural noun - 'axes'" }, "variants": { "*Yivvada*": "it was known/it appeared/he was recognized", "*mevi*": "bringing in/lifting up/raising", "*ma'lah*": "upward/above/on high", "*sevach-ets*": "thicket of trees/wooded area/entangled branches", "*qarduumot*": "axes/hatchets/cutting tools" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det så ut som når en løfter øksen i tette skogen, for å hugge ned trær.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Hver af dem) bliver kjendt som den, der ophæver Øxerne høit at hugge paa sammenføiet Træ.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Mannen ble berømt etter som han hevet øksene mot de tette trærne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De oppførte seg som menn med økser, som hogger i en tett skog.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er kjent som de som hugger inn i skogen med økser.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De oppførte seg som menn som svinger økser i en skog av trær.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De feller trær som en mann med øks hevet mot de tette skogene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy aduersaries roare in thy houses, & set vp their banners for tokens.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He that lifted the axes vpon the thicke trees, was renowmed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He that hewed tymber afore out of thicke woddes for to builde the temple: was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God aboue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 5:6 : 6 Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants, and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you designate, for you know that there is none among us who can skillfully cut timber like the Sidonians.
• 2 Chr 2:14 : 14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise every design that shall be put to him, with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
• Jer 46:22-23 : 22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. 23 They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it cannot be comprehended; because they are more numerous than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.