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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
והיו שמיך אשר על ראשך נחשת והארץ אשר תחתיך ברזל
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vhyv SHmyk ASHr `l rASHk nKHSHt vhArTS ASHr tKHtyk brzl

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
sit caelum quod supra te est aeneum et terra quam calcas ferrea

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And your heaven that is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
New King James Version   
And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.
21st Century King James Version   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Darby Bible Translation   
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron.
God's Word   
The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
International Standard Version   
The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.
NET Bible   
The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
New American Standard Bible   
"The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
New International Version   
The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
New Living Translation   
The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
The World English Bible   
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
EasyEnglish Bible   
There will be no clouds in the sky above to give any rain. The ground under your feet will be as hard as iron.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`And thy heavens which [are] over thy head have been brass, and the earth which [is] under thee iron;
New Life Version   
The heavens above your head will be brass. And the earth under you will be iron.
The Voice Bible   
The skies overhead will be like a bronze shield that no rain can penetrate, and the land beneath your feet will be like iron that no seeds can sprout through.
Living Bible   
“The heavens above you will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as iron.
New Catholic Bible   
The heavens over your head shall be like bronze, while the ground under you shall be like iron.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Christian Standard Bible   
The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
The heavens over your head shall be brass and the earth under you shall be iron.
New Century Version   
The sky above will be like bronze, and the ground below will be like iron.
The Message   
The sky over your head will become an iron roof, the ground under your feet, a slab of concrete. From out of the skies God will rain ash and dust down on you until you suffocate.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The skies over your head will become bronze, and the earth under you will become iron.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The sky over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you iron.
Good News Translation®   
No rain will fall, and your ground will become as hard as iron.
Wycliffe Bible   
Heaven, that is above thee, be it brazen; and the earth, that thou treadest on, be it iron. (The heavens, that be above thee, shall become as hard as brass; and the earth, which thou treadest upon, shall become as hard as iron.)
Contemporary English Version   
The Lord will send terrible diseases to attack you, and you will never be well again. You will suffer with burning fever and swelling and pain until you die somewhere in the land that you captured. The Lord will make the sky overhead seem like a bronze roof that keeps out the rain, and the ground under your feet will become as hard as iron. Your crops will be scorched by the hot east wind or ruined by mildew.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The sky over your head shall be bronze and the earth under you iron.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The sky over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you iron.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The sky over your head will be as hard as bronze; the earth under your feet will be like iron.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze [giving no rain and blocking all prayers], and the earth which is under you, iron [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The heavens over your heads will be like bronze and the earth under your feet like iron.
New American Standard Bible   
The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
The Expanded Bible   
The ·sky [heavens] above will be like bronze [C giving no rain], and the ground below will be like iron [1 Kin. 17:1].
Tree of Life Version   
Your sky above your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Revised Standard Version   
And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.
New International Reader's Version   
The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
BRG Bible   
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“The sky over your head will be brass and the earth under you iron.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The sky over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you iron.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And thy Shomayim that is over thy head shall be nechoshet, and Ha’Aretz that is under thee shall be barzel.
Names of God Bible   
The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
Modern English Version   
The heavens which are over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron.
Easy-to-Read Version   
There will be no clouds in the sky—the sky will look like polished brass. And the ground under you will be hard like iron.
International Children’s Bible   
The sky above will look like bronze. And the ground below will be like iron.
Lexham English Bible   
And your heavens that are over your heads shall be like bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be like iron.
New International Version - UK   
The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.