Parallel Verses
Webster
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be 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.
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.
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 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew: and they shall pursue thee until thou dost perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou art destroyed.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings 18:2
And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a grievous famine in Samaria.
Jeremiah 14:1-6
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
Amos 4:7
And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece on which it rained not withered.