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:
Leviticus 26:19 in other translations
| BSB | I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, |
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| WEB | I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze. |
| ASV | And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass; |
| YLT | and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass; |
| DARBY | and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze, |
| BBE | And the pride of your strength will be broken, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass; |
| Webster | And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: |
What does Leviticus 26:19 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-39
After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience…
Leviticus 26:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 26:19
- Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- Isaiah 25:11
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
- Luke 4:25
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
- Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
- 1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
- Ezekiel 30:6
Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.
- Jeremiah 14:1-6
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. …
- Daniel 4:37
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Jeremiah 13:9
Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 26:5
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
- Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
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Context
- Leviticus 26:18
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
- 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:
- Leviticus 26:20
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Leviticus 26:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y quebrantaré la soberbia de vuestra fortaleza, y tornaré vuestro cielo como hierro, y vuestra tierra como metal: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et je briserai l’orgueil de votre force, et je ferai que votre ciel sera comme de fer, et votre terre comme d’airain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich werde euren starren Hochmut brechen, und werde euren Himmel wie Eisen machen und eure Erde wie Erz; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et conteram superbiam duritiæ vestræ. Daboque vobis cælum desuper sicut ferrum, et terram æneam. |