King James Version

Jeremiah 51:20

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;

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מַפֵּץmapetsbattle axמַפֵּץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “battle ax”, the ordinary formH4661a smiter, i.e. a war clubbattle ax.אַתָּ֣הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.לִ֔יlitoלִ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toכְּלֵ֖יkelevesselכְּלִיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “vessel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3627something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] w…מִלְחָמָ֑הmilchamahbattleמִלְחָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יvenipatstiand dashנָפַץconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and dash”, a completed action in a sequenceH5310to dash to pieces, or scatterbe beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.בְךָ֙vekhainבְךָ֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in”inגּוֹיִ֔םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥יvehishchatiand batterשָׁחַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and batter”, a completed action in a sequenceH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).בְךָ֖vekhainבְךָ֖preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in”inמַמְלָכֽוֹתmamlakhotkingdomמַמְלָכָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “kingdom”, the ordinary formH4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)kingdom, king's, reign, royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Young’s 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,

World English Bible

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

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;

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, τοῖς δυνατοῖς καὶ ταῖς γυναιξὶ καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τοῖς ἀποκριθεῖσιν αὐτῷ λόγους, λέγων,