Deuteronomy 28:23

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“The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.”

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BSBPD

“The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And thy heavens which <FI>are<Fi> over thy head have been brass, and the earth which <FI>is<Fi> under thee iron;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:23 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
  2. 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  3. 1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
  4. Jeremiah 14:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
  5. Amos 4:7“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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