Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.

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.

NET Bible

The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thy heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

נחשׁת 
N@chosheth 
Usage: 140

and the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Blessings And Curses

22 Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die. 23 The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. 24 Jehovah will send dust storms and sandstorms on you from the sky until you are destroyed.



Cross References

Leviticus 26:19

I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: By the living Jehovah, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. There was no food to be had in Samaria.

Jeremiah 14:1-6

Jehovah spoke his word about the drought to Jeremiah:

Amos 4:7

I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One received rain. The other did not receive rain and it dried up.

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