Leviticus 26:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will break your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶ֖ם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wə-šāḇartî ʾet-gəʾôn ʿuzzəḵem and wə-nāṯattî ʾet-šəmêḵem like ka-barzel and wə-ʾet-ʾarṣəḵem like ka-nəḥušâ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-šāḇartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will break
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *gəʾôn*: construct state, masculine singular - pride of
• *ʿuzzəḵem*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your strength
• *wə-nāṯattî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will make/set
• *šəmêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heavens
• *ka-barzel*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like iron
• *ʾarṣəḵem*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your land/earth
• *ka-nəḥušâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - like bronze/copper

Word Meanings

• *šāḇartî*: break/shatter/destroy
• *gəʾôn*: pride/majesty/exaltation
• *ʿuzzəḵem*: strength/might/power
• *nāṯattî*: give/put/set/make
• *barzel*: iron
• *nəḥušâ*: bronze/copper

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will break{H7665} the pride{H1347} of your power:{H5797} and I will make{H5414} your heaven{H8064} as iron,{H1270} and your earth{H776} as brass;{H5154}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will break{H7665}{(H8804)} the pride{H1347} of your power{H5797}; and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} your heaven{H8064} as iron{H1270}, and your earth{H776} as brass{H5154}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and will breake the pride off youre strength. For I will make the heaue ouer you as harde as yerne, and youre londe as hard as brasse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that I maye breake ye pryde of youre strength, and wyl make youre heauen lyke yron, and youre earth as brasse:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I wil breake the pride of your power, and I will make your heauen as yron, and your earth as brasse:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And wyll breake the pride of your power, and I wyll make your heauen as iron, and your earth as brasse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• 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;

• 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;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the pride of your strength will be broken, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass;

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:23 : 23 The heavens over your head will be like bronze, and the earth beneath you like iron.
• Jer 13:9 : 9 "This is what the LORD says: 'In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
• Jer 14:1-6 : 1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. 2 Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up. 3 The nobles sent their servants for water; they went to the cisterns but found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, covering their heads. 4 Because the ground is cracked due to the lack of rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. 5 Even the doe in the field abandons her newborn because there is no grass. 6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights, panting like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation.
• Isa 25:11 : 11 They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. But God will bring down their pride despite the skill of their hands.
• Isa 26:5 : 5 For He has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city; He lays it low, to the ground, to the dust.
• Ezek 7:24 : 24 I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
• Ezek 30:6 : 6 This is what the Lord says: 'Those who support Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Aswan, they will fall by the sword within her,' declares the Lord God.
• Zeph 3:11 : 11 On that day, you will not be ashamed of all your deeds by which you rebelled against me. For then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty on my holy mountain.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.
• 1 Sam 4:3 : 3 When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel said, 'Why has the Lord allowed us to be defeated today by the Philistines? Let us fetch the Ark of the Covenant from Shiloh so it can come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.'
• 1 Sam 4:11 : 11 The Ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah, the Tishbite from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years, except by my word."
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.