ESV: They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.
NIV: They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
NASB: It seems like one bringing up His axe into a forest of trees.
CSB: It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes,
NLT: They swung their axes like woodcutters in a forest.
KJV: A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
NKJV: They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees.