ASV: They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
BBE: They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
DBY: A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
KJV: A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
JPS: It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
WBS: A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
WEB: They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
YLT: He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
