Deuteronomy 28:23

In 11 translations

BSB

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

KJV

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

WEB

Your sky that is over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron.

ASV

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

LSV

And your heavens which [are] over your head have been bronze, and the earth which [is] under you iron;

YLT

'And thy heavens which [are] over thy head have been brass, and the earth which [is] under thee iron;

DBY

And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.

DRC

Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.

GNV

And thine heauen that is ouer thine head, shall be brasse, and the earth that is vnder thee, yron.

JPS

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

LXXE

And thou shalt have over thine head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וְהָי֥וּ שָׁמֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ֖ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ בַּרְזֶֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔσται σοι ὁ οὐρανὸς ὁ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς σου χαλκοῦς, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡ ὑποκάτω σου σιδηρᾶ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
• Jeremiah 14:1–6This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. The nobles send their servants for water;…
• 1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
• Amos 4:7“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

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