Deuteronomy 28:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 28:23 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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“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“`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 DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:23 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- 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!”
- 1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
- Jeremiah 14:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
- 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.
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