Deuteronomy 28:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The heavens over your head shall be brass and the earth under you shall be iron.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Common English Bible

²³ The sky over your head will be as hard as bronze; the earth under your feet will be like iron.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ May the heavens which are above you be of brass, and may the ground upon which you tread be of iron.

Deuteronomy 28:23 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 18:2

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

1 Kings 17:1

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

Amos 4:7

And I also have withholden 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 whereupon it rained not withered.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The LORD shall smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

Deuteronomy 28:24

The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

Haggai 1:10

Therefore for your sake the heaven is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.