Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee 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.
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.
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 'Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish 23 And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron; 24 Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land -- dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:19
and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'
1 Kings 18:2
and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
Jeremiah 14:1-6
That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:
Amos 4:7
And I also -- I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.