JER 51:20 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, τοῖς δυνατοῖς καὶ ταῖς γυναιξὶ καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τοῖς ἀποκριθεῖσιν αὐτῷ λόγους, λέγων,
(Kai eipen Hieremias panti tōi laōi, tois dunatois kai tais gunaixi kai panti tōi laōi tois apokritheisin autōi logous, legōn, )

BrTr Then Jeremias answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him these words for answer, saying,

ULT You are my war hammer, my weapon for battle.
⇔ With you I will smash nations and destroy kingdoms.

UST Yahweh says about the army of Babylonia,
⇔ “You are like my weapons of war and my war club;
⇔ with your power I shatter nations
⇔ and destroy many kingdoms.

BSB ⇔ “You are My war club,
⇔ My weapon for battle.
⇔ With you I shatter nations;
⇔ with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

OEB ⇔ My hammer of war hast thou been,
⇔ With thee I have shattered the nations.
⇔ With thee have I kingdoms destroyed,

WEBBE ⇔ “You are my battle axe and weapons of war.
⇔ With you I will break the nations into pieces.
⇔ With you I will destroy kingdoms.

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV You [are] My shatterer—weapons of war,
And I have broken in pieces nations by you,
And I have destroyed kingdoms by you,

FBV You[fn] are my war club, the weapon I use in battle. I use you to destroy nations; I use you to destroy kingdoms.

51:20 “You”: referring to Babylon.

T4T ⇔ Yahweh says about the army of Babylonia (OR, about a nation that will attack Babylonia),
⇔ “You have been like [MET] my battle-axe and war-club;
⇔ with your power I have shattered nations
⇔ and destroyed many kingdoms.

LEB • 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.

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

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

ASV 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;

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

YLT 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,

Drby 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;

RV 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;

Wbstr 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;

KJB-1769 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;[fn]
(Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee/you will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee/you will I destroy kingdoms; )

51.20 with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee

KJB-1611 [fn]Thou art my battel-axe and weapons of warre: for with thee will I breake in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdomes;
(Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with thee/you will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee/you will I destroy kingdoms;)

51:20 Or, in thee, or by thee.

Bshps Thou hast ben mine hammer and weapons for warre: for with thee haue I broken the people in peeces, and with thee haue I destroyed kyngdomes.
(Thou hast been mine hammer and weapons for war: for with thee/you have I broken the people in pieces, and with thee/you have I destroyed kingdoms.)

Gnva Thou art mine hammer, and weapons of warre: for with thee will I breake the nations, and with thee wil I destroy kingdomes,
(Thou art mine hammer, and weapons of war: for with thee/you will I break the nations, and with thee/you will I destroy kingdoms, )

Cvdl Thou breakest my weapens of warre, & yet thorow the I haue scatred the nacions & kyngdomes:
(Thou breakest my weapens of war, and yet through the I have scattered the nations and kingdoms:)

Wyc Thou hurtlist doun to me the instrumentis of batel, and Y schal hurtle doun folkis in thee, and Y schal leese rewmes in thee;
(Thou hurtlist down to me the instrumentis of battle, and I shall hurtle down folks/people in thee/you, and I shall leese realms in thee/you;)

Luth Du bist mein Hammer, meine Kriegswaffe; durch dich habe ich die Heiden zerschmissen und die Königreiche zerstöret.
(You are my Hammer, my Kriegswaffe; through you/yourself have I the heathens zerschmissen and the kingreiche zerstöret.)

ClVg Collidis tu mihi vasa belli: et ego collidam in te gentes, et disperdam in te regna:
(Collidis you to_me vasa belli: and I collidam in you(sg) gentes, and disperdam in you(sg) regna: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) You are

(Some words not found in UHB: war_club you(ms) to=me vessels_of battle and,smash in=you(ms) nations and,destroy in=you(ms) kingdoms )

Alternate translation: “You, the Babylonian army, are”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) With you I will smash

(Some words not found in UHB: war_club you(ms) to=me vessels_of battle and,smash in=you(ms) nations and,destroy in=you(ms) kingdoms )

Yahweh speaks of punishing people as if he were smashing them with a hammer. Alternate translation: “With you I will punish”

(Occurrence 0) With you I will

(Some words not found in UHB: war_club you(ms) to=me vessels_of battle and,smash in=you(ms) nations and,destroy in=you(ms) kingdoms )

Alternate translation: “I will use you to”

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