King James Version

Leviticus 26:19

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

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וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖יveshavartiand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and break”, a completed action in a sequenceH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).גְּא֣וֹןgeonmajestyגָּאוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “majesty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1347{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.עֻזְּכֶ֑םuzkhemstrengthעֹזnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “strength”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.וְנָתַתִּ֤יvenatatiand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁמֵיכֶם֙shemeykhemheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “heaven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).כַּבַּרְזֶ֔לkabarzelas ironבַּרְזֶלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.וְאֶֽתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַרְצְכֶ֖םartsekhemearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁהkanchushahas brassנְחוּשָׁהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as brass”, the ordinary formH5154copperbrass, steel. Compare H5176 (נָחָשׁ).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

Young’s Literal Translation

and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

World English Bible

I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze.

Darby Translation

and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze,

Douay-Rheims

And I will break the pride of your stubbornness, and I will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συντρίψω τὴν ὕβριν τῆς ὑπερηφανίας ὑμῶν· καὶ θήσω τὸν οὐρανὸν ὑμῖν σιδηροῦν, καὶ τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν ὡσεὶ χαλκῆν.