Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

King James Version

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Holman Bible

You are My battle club,
My weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.

International Standard Version

"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.

A Conservative Version

Thou are my battle-axe and weapons of war. And with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms,

American Standard Version

Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Amplified


“You [Cyrus of Persia, soon to conquer Babylon] are My battle-axe and weapon of war—
For with you I shatter nations,
With you I destroy kingdoms.

Bible in Basic English

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;

Darby Translation

Thou art my maul, my weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;

Julia Smith Translation

Thou a mallet to me, a weapon of war: and I broke the nations in pieces with thee, and I destroyed kingdoms with thee;

King James 2000

You are my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He says], "You [are] a war club for me, a weapon of battle, and I smash nations with you, and I destroy kingdoms with you.

Modern King James verseion

You are My war-club and weapons of war; for with you I will shatter nations; and with you I will destroy kingdoms.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou breakest my weapons of war, and yet through thee I have scattered the nations and kingdoms;

NET Bible

"Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

New Heart English Bible

"You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;

The Emphasized Bible

A war-club, art thou for me, Weapons of war; Therefore will I Beat down with thee - nations, and Destroy with thee - kingdoms;

Webster

Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

World English Bible

You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;

Youngs Literal Translation

An axe art thou to me -- weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מפּץ 
Mappets 
Usage: 1

and weapons
כּלי 
K@liy 
Usage: 325

of war
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

for with thee will I break in pieces
נפץ 
Naphats 
Usage: 22

the nations
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

and with thee will I destroy
שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 146

References

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Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

19 Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD of hosts is his name. 20 He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider; with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;

Cross References

Isaiah 41:15-16

Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;

Isaiah 10:5

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

Micah 4:13

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devotetheir gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.

Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

Isaiah 13:5

They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 14:5-6

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

Isaiah 37:26

"'Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins,

Jeremiah 25:9

behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 25:11

This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jeremiah 27:5-7

"It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.

Zechariah 9:13-14

For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior's sword.

Matthew 22:7

The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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