Deuteronomy 28:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.”
Deuteronomy 28:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:2310 words
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
שָׁמֶיךָšāmeyḵāHeavens
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשְׁךָrōʾšəḵāHead
נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper
וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּחְתֶּיךָtaḥəteyḵāBottom
בַּרְזֶלbarəzelIron
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