Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Holman Bible
The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
International Standard Version
The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.
A Conservative Version
And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
American Standard Version
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Amplified
The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze [giving no rain and blocking all prayers], and the earth which is under you, iron [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
Bible in Basic English
And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.
Darby Translation
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
Julia Smith Translation
And the heavens which over thy head were brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
King James 2000
And your heaven that is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And your heavens that [are] over your heads shall be [like] bronze, and the earth that [is] under you [shall be like] iron.
Modern King James verseion
And your heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you iron.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.
New Heart English Bible
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
The Emphasized Bible
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze, - and the earth which is under thee iron.
Webster
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
World English Bible
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron;
Themes
Brass » Illustrative of » Extreme drought
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Drought » Sent by God as a judgment
the Earth » Made barren by sin
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil
Interlinear
Ro'sh
N@chosheth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
22 He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish. 23 The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron. 24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:19
I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command."
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
Jeremiah 14:1-6
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.
Amos 4:7
"I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.