20 “You are my war club,

my weapon for battle—

with you I shatter nations,

with you I destroy kingdoms,

21 with you I shatter horse and rider,

with you I shatter chariot and driver,

20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:

with you I break nations in pieces;

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;

20 “You are my battle-ax and sword,”

says the Lord.

“With you I will shatter nations

and destroy many kingdoms.

21 With you I will shatter armies—

destroying the horse and rider,

the chariot and charioteer.

20 “You are My battle-ax and weapons of war:

For with you I will break the nation in pieces;

With you I will destroy kingdoms;

21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;

With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;

20 “You are my war club,

my battle weapon.

I use you to smash nations.

I use you to destroy kingdoms.

21 I use you to smash horses and riders.

I use you to smash chariots and drivers.

20 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; 21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

20 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; 21 and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot and its driver;

20 “You are my war club and my weapon for battle. 

I will use you to crush nations. 

I will use you to destroy kingdoms. 

21 I will use you to crush horses and their riders. 

I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers. 

20 You are My battle club,

My weapons of war.

With you I will smash nations;

with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.

21 With you I will smash the horse and its rider;

with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.

20 You are my war club, my weapon of battle:

with you I smash nations;

with you I destroy kingdoms;

21 with you I smash the horse and its rider;

with you I smash the chariot and the charioteer;

20 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.

21 And I smash the horse with you,

and its rider,

and I smash the chariot with you,

and its rider.

20 “Babylonia, you are my war club.

You are my weapon for battle.

I use you to destroy nations.

I use you to wipe out kingdoms.

21 I use you to destroy horses and their riders.

I use you to destroy chariots and their drivers.

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 shatter the horse and his rider,

And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,