The Bible in Basic English BBE
New International Version NIV
20 You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
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“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;
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with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver,
22 With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;
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with you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old man and youth, with you I shatter young man and young woman,
23 With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.
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with you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials.
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