20You 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;


In Context

17 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

20 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;

21 and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

22 and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

Jeremiah 51:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:20Thou [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;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

51:20"You are my war club, my weapon for battle- with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:20Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:20Thou 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:20Thou art my maul, my weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:20Thou 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:20Thou 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;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:20An axe art thou to me — weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:20You are my battle ax and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;