Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. New Living Translation The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron. English Standard Version And the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron. Berean Standard Bible The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. King James Bible And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. New King James Version And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron. New American Standard Bible The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. NASB 1995 “The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. NASB 1977 “And the heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. Legacy Standard Bible And the heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. Amplified Bible 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]. Christian Standard Bible The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. Holman Christian Standard Bible The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the Heavens above your head shall be brass and Earth under you, iron. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt have over thine head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron. Douay-Rheims Bible Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. English Revised Version And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. GOD'S WORD® Translation The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron. Good News Translation No rain will fall, and your ground will become as hard as iron. International Standard Version The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron. JPS Tanakh 1917 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Literal Standard Version And your heavens which [are] over your head have been bronze, and the earth which [is] under you iron; Majority Standard Bible The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. New American Bible The heavens over your heads will be like bronze and the earth under your feet like iron. NET Bible The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron. New Revised Standard Version The sky over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you iron. New Heart English Bible Your sky that is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. Webster's Bible Translation 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 will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron. Young's Literal Translation And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Curses of Disobedience…22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. 23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. 24The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:22 The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. Deuteronomy 28:24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. Haggai 1:10 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. Treasury of Scripture And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. 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 unto 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 shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. Jump to Previous Beneath Brass Bronze Earth Hard Head Heads Heaven Heavens Iron SkyJump to Next Beneath Brass Bronze Earth Hard Head Heads Heaven Heavens Iron SkyDeuteronomy 28 1. The blessings for obedience15. The curses for disobedience (23) Thy heaven . . . shall be brass, and the earth . . . iron.--Not only in respect of the drought, but of God's refusal to remove it. See Jeremiah 14, 15 for a most pathetic intercession for Israel under this misery, answered by the order, "Pray not for this people for their good" (Jeremiah 14:11). Only grief is permitted (Deuteronomy 28:17). Relief is not given (Deuteronomy 15:1).Verses 23, 24. - Terrible drought is here threatened; no rain should fall (cf. Leviticus 26:19); but instead thereof dust, both light as powder and heavy as sand, should fall upon them. The allusion is probably to those clouds of dust and sand which often fill the air in Palestine, when the heat is intense and there has been no rain for a season; the wind then becomes a vehement sirocco, and the air is filled with sand and dust, and is like the glowing heat at the mouth of a furnace (Robinson, 'Bib. Res.,' 2:123; Thomson, 'Land and the Book,' 2:311). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The skyשָׁמֶ֛יךָ (šā·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your head רֹאשְׁךָ֖ (rō·šə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head will be וְהָי֥וּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be bronze, נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base and the earth וְהָאָ֥רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land beneath you תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ (taḥ·te·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of iron. בַּרְזֶֽל׃ (bar·zel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement Links Deuteronomy 28:23 NIVDeuteronomy 28:23 NLT Deuteronomy 28:23 ESV Deuteronomy 28:23 NASB Deuteronomy 28:23 KJV Deuteronomy 28:23 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 28:23 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 28:23 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 28:23 French Bible Deuteronomy 28:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:23 Your sky that is over your head (Deut. 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