吹嘘炭火、打造合用器械的铁匠是我所造；残害人、行毁灭的也是我所造。

看哪，我造了那吹炭火、打造合用兵器的铁匠；我也造了那残害人、行毁灭的人。

看哪，我造了那吹炭火、打造合用兵器的铁匠；我也造了那残害人、行毁灭的人。

看啊，是我造了扇旺炭火、铸造合用兵器的铁匠，是我造了毁灭者。

看哪！那吹炭火、打造出合用武器的铁匠，是我创造的；那残害人、行毁灭的，也是我创造的。

看哪！是我创造了铁匠——他吹燃炭火、打造出发挥功用的武器；是我创造了毁灭者去施行毁灭。

吹噓炭火、打造合用器械的鐵匠是我所造；殘害人、行毀滅的也是我所造。

看哪，我造了那吹炭火、打造合用兵器的鐵匠；我也造了那殘害人、行毀滅的人。

看哪，我造了那吹炭火、打造合用兵器的鐵匠；我也造了那殘害人、行毀滅的人。

看啊，是我造了煽旺炭火、鑄造合用兵器的鐵匠，是我造了毀滅者。

看哪！那吹炭火、打造出合用武器的鐵匠，是我創造的；那殘害人、行毀滅的，也是我創造的。

看哪，那吹炭火，造出器械以供作工、的鐵匠、是我創造的；那殘害人而行毁滅的、也是我創造的。

看哪！是我創造了鐵匠——他吹燃炭火、打造出發揮功用的武器；是我創造了毀滅者去施行毀滅。

工人吹火製器、以為用者、乃我所造、施行殄滅之人、亦我所造、

燃火製器之人、我所造、用器傷人之人、亦我所造、

鐵工吹炭火、製造適用之器械者、乃我所造、施行毀滅者、亦我所造、

“ See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;

“ I created blacksmiths. They fan the coals into flames of fire. They make weapons that are fit for their work. I also created those who destroy others.

Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy;

“ I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy.

Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals And produces a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.

“ Behold, I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire, Who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy.

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

“ Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame, and forges a weapon for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy.

The Lord works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster. (niv)

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. (niv)

“ Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets. (niv)

“ Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone. (niv)

Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood! (niv)

From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far- off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do. (niv)

Jesus answered,“ You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” (niv)

At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him:“ What have you done?” (niv)