Deuteronomy 28:23
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.
Webster's Revision
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 shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Clarke's Deuteronomy 28:23 Bible Commentary
Thy heaven - shall be brass, and the earth - iron - The atmosphere should not be replenished with aqueous vapours, in consequence of which they should have neither the early nor the latter rain; hence the earth - the ground, must be wholly intractable, and, through its hardness, incapable of cultivation. God shows them by this that he is Lord of nature; and that drought and sterility are not casualties, but proceed from the immediate appointment of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:23
Wesley's Deuteronomy 28:23 Bible Commentary
28:23 Brass - Like brass, hard and dry, and shut up from giving rain.Iron - Hard and chapt and barren.