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 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the Former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance; the LORD of the 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 and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariots and their riders;

Cross References

Isaiah 41:15-16

Behold, I have placed thee as a threshing instrument, as a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains and beat them small and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Isaiah 10:5

O Assyrian, rod and staff of my anger, in thy hand have I placed my indignation.

Micah 4:13

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs bronze; and thou shalt break in pieces many peoples; and thou shalt consecrate their spoil unto the LORD and their riches unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Jeremiah 50:23

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the Gentiles!

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that moves it? as if the rod should rise up against those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift itself up. Is it not wood?

Isaiah 13:5

They come from a far land, from the end of the heavens, even the LORD, and the instruments of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth.

Isaiah 14:5-6

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked and the sceptre of the rulers

Isaiah 37:26

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, that thou should be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Jeremiah 25:9

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north wind, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my slave, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about and will utterly destroy them and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these Gentiles shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jeremiah 27:5-7

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom was upright in my eyes.

Zechariah 9:13-14

for I have bent Judah for me as a bow, and I made Ephraim his arrow, and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Matthew 22:7

But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

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