Deuteronomy 28:23
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
1961 [e]וְהָי֥וּ
wə-hā-yū
And shall beConj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp
8064 [e]שָׁמֶ֛יךָ
šā-me-ḵā
your heavensN-mpc | 2ms
834 [e]אֲשֶׁ֥ר
’ă-šer
which [are]Pro-r
5921 [e]עַל־
‘al-
overPrep
7218 [e]רֹאשְׁךָ֖
rō-šə-ḵā
your headN-msc | 2ms
5178 [e]נְחֹ֑שֶׁת
nə-ḥō-šeṯ;
bronzeN-fs
776 [e]וְהָאָ֥רֶץ
wə-hā-’ā-reṣ
and the earth [shall be]Conj-w, Art | N-fs
834 [e]אֲשֶׁר־
’ă-šer-
which isPro-r
8478 [e]תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ
taḥ-te-ḵā
under youPrep | 2ms
1270 [e]בַּרְזֶֽל׃
bar-zel.
ironN-ms





















Hebrew Texts
דברים 28:23 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְהָי֥וּ שָׁמֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ֖ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ בַּרְזֶֽל׃

דברים 28:23 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
והיו שמיך אשר על־ראשך נחשת והארץ אשר־תחתיך ברזל׃

דברים 28:23 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
והיו שמיך אשר על־ראשך נחשת והארץ אשר־תחתיך ברזל׃

דברים 28:23 Hebrew Bible
והיו שמיך אשר על ראשך נחשת והארץ אשר תחתיך ברזל׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The language here is remarkable: `Thy heaven;' that part of the atmosphere which was over judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions.

Leviticus 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven …

1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said …

1 Kings 18:2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

Jeremiah 14:1-6 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth…

Amos 4:7 And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three …

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