Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And with you I
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
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,
Themes
Agency » In executing judgments
military Arms » Offensive: » Battle-axe
Chosen Instruments » Of judgment
Judgments » Inflicted upon » Nations
Persia » Prophecies concerning
The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Instruments of judgment sent against sinful nation
Interlinear
Naphats
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
19
The portion of Jacob is not like these. He is the maker of all and of the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.
20
And with you I
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
Cross References
Isaiah 41:15-16
See I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. You will reduce the hills to chaff.
Isaiah 10:5
How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.
Micah 4:13
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion! I will make your horn like iron and I will make your hoofs like brass. You will pulverize many nations into pieces. I will devote their profit and wealth to Jehovah the Lord of the whole earth.
Jeremiah 50:23
The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!
Isaiah 10:15
Can an ax attack the person who cuts with it? Can a saw make itself greater than the person who saws with it? A rod cannot move the person who lifts it. A wooden stick cannot pick up a person.
Isaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the extremities of the heavens (horizons). Jehovah and his instruments of indignation come to destroy the whole land.
Isaiah 14:5-6
Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.
Isaiah 37:26
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it! And now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
Jeremiah 25:9
so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, says Jehovah. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.'
Jeremiah 27:5-7
I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
Zechariah 9:13-14
I bend as my bow, Judah. I filled the bow with Ephraim! I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
Matthew 22:7
The king was angry, and sent his armies to put the evil servants to death and to destroy their town with fire.