King James Version

Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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בַּרְזֶ֥לbarzelironבַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.וּנְחֹ֖שֶׁתunechoshetand copperנְחֹשֶׁתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.מִנְעָלֶ֑יךָminaleykhashoeמִנְעָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “shoe”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4515a boltshoe.וּכְיָמֶ֖יךָukheyameykhaand as as long asיוֹםconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…דָּבְאֶֽךָdaveekhastrengthדֹּבֶאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “strength”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1679quietstrength.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Young’s Literal Translation

Iron and brass [are] thy shoes, And as thy days — thy strength.

World English Bible

Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be.

Darby Translation

Iron and brass shall be thy bolts; And thy rest as thy days.

Douay-Rheims

His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth, so also shall thy old age be.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His sandal shall be iron and brass; as thy days, so shall be thy strength.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σίδηρος καὶ χαλκὸς τὸ ὑπόδημα αὐτοῦ ἔσται· ὡς αἱ ἡμέραι σου, ἡ ἰσχύς σου.