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Deuteronomy 33:25
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Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be.
Your bars shall be iron and bronze; And as your days, so shall your strength be.
Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Your gates will have locks of iron and bronze, and you will be strong as long as you live.
The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.
Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
Your bars shall be iron and brass; As your days, so shall your strength be.
"Your strongholds will be iron and bronze, And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.
Yrun and bras the scho of hym; as the dai of thi youthe so and thin eelde.
Iron and brass [are] thy shoes, And as thy days -- thy strength.
May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and your strength match your days.
and have strong town gates with bronze and iron bolts. Your people will be powerful for as long as they live.
Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Your shoes will be iron and brass; and as your days, so may your work be.
Thy shoes shalbe iron and brasse, and thy strength shall continue as long as thou lyuest.
May your bolts be of iron and bronze and your strength last as long as you live.
Iron and brass shall be thy bolts; And thy rest as thy days.
Your gates will have locks made from iron and bronze. You will be strong all your life."
Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Thy shooes shall bee yron and brasse, and as thy dayes, so shall thy strength bee.
Your locks will be iron and brass. And your strength will last like your days.
Your bars are iron and bronze; and as your days, so is your strength.
Iron and bronze, be thy sandals, And, as thy days, be thy strength.
Thy shooes shalbe yron and brasse, and thy strength shal continue as long as thou liuest.
Your shoes shall be iron and brass; and as to your days, so shall your strength be.
May his towns be protected with iron gates, And may he always live secure."
His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth, so also shall thy old age be.
Your bars shall be iron and bronze; and as your days, so shall your strength be.
His sandal shall be iron and brass; as thy days, so shall be thy strength.
May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze,and your strength last as long as you live.
Your bars shall be iron and brass; As your days, so shall your strength be.
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Your bars are iron and bronze, and as your days, so is your strength."
Yron and brasse be on thy shues. Thyne age be as thy youth.
"Your bars will be iron and bronze, And as your days, so will your strength be.
Your sandals shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be.
May the bolts of your gates be of iron and bronze; may you be secure all your days."
"Your locks will be iron and bronze, And according to your days, so will your leisurely walk be.
Your locks will be iron and bronze,And according to your days, so your fortitude will be.
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Thy shoes: etc. or, Under thy shoes shall be iron, Deuteronomy 8:9, Luke 15:22, Ephesians 6:15
and as thy: 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalms 138:3, Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 41:10, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Ephesians 6:10, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:22 - brass Genesis 30:13 - and she Genesis 49:20 - General Numbers 4:44 - General Joshua 9:5 - old shoes Joshua 19:31 - General 2 Samuel 22:34 - like hinds' 1 Kings 8:59 - as the matter 1 Kings 19:7 - because the journey Psalms 37:18 - the days Psalms 68:35 - he that giveth Psalms 71:16 - I will go Psalms 119:28 - strengthen Micah 4:13 - hoofs Zechariah 1:20 - four Matthew 6:34 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass,.... Either they should have such an abundance of these metals, that they could if they would have made their shoes of them; but that is not usual; though it is said of Empedocles g the philosopher, that he wore shoes of brass, which was very singular; and some think that this tribe, because of the abundance of these metals, used to stick their shoes with iron and brass nails at the bottom of them, as country people, soldiers, and travellers in various nations do; but the true sense seems to be, that the land that fell to this tribe, and on which they trod, should yield much iron and brass; as in Carmel, a mountain on the borders of it, brass was taken, as says Hesychius; and Zidon is by Homer i said to abound with brass, which belonged to this tribe; and Sarepta, another city in it, had its name from צרף, which signifies to melt, from the melting of these metals in it; see Deuteronomy 8:9; though some Jewish writers take the sense to be, that the land of Asher was so strongly fortified as if it had been enclosed with walls of brass and iron, or the gates of its cities were shut up with bolts and bars of iron and brass, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech observe; so the Arabic:
and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]; the same in old age as in youth; which is the sense of the Latin Vulgate version, and all the Targums: such were the vigour and strength of. Moses himself, Deuteronomy 34:7; and so may denote a renewal of youth, like that of eagles; and, in a spiritual sense, a revival of the graces of the Spirit of God, as to the exercise of them, and an increase of spiritual strength, so that the inward man is renewed day by day; and may also denote such a measure of strength given, as is proportioned to the events that daily befall, or to the services and sufferings men are called unto; see
1 Corinthians 10:13.
g Laert. in Vit. Empedocl. l. 8. p. 613. Aelian. Var. Hist. l. 12. c. 32. i Odyss. 15. l. 424.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The strength and firmness of Asher is as if he were shod with iron and brass (compare Revelation 1:15). The territory of this tribe probably contained iron and copper. Compare the marginal reference.
As thy days, so shall thy strength be - i. e., “thy strength” (some prefer “thy rest”) “shall be continued to thee as long as thou shalt live: thou shalt never know feebleness and decay.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 33:25. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass — Some suppose this may refer to the iron and copper mines in their territory; but it is more likely that it relates to their warlike disposition, as we know that greaves, boots, shoes, c., of iron, brass, and tin, were used by ancient warriors. Goliath had greaves of brass on his legs, 1 Samuel 17:6 and the brazen-booted Greeks, χαλκοκνημιδες Αχαιοι, is one of the epithets given by Homer to his heroes; see Iliad. lib. viii., ver. 41.
And as thy days, so shall thy strength be. — If we take this clause as it appears here, we have at once an easy sense; and the saying, I have no doubt, has comforted the souls of multitudes. The meaning is obvious: "Whatever thy trials or difficulties may be, I shall always give thee grace to support thee under and bring thee through them." The original is only two words, the latter of which has been translated in a great variety of ways, וכימיך דבאך ucheyameycha dobecha. Of the first term there can be no doubt, it literally means, and as thy days; the second word, דבא dobe, occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible: the Septuagint have rendered it by ισχυς, strength, and most of the versions have followed them; but others have rendered it affliction, old age, fame, weakness, c., c. It would be almost endless to follow interpreters through their conjectures concerning its meaning. It is allowed among learned men, that where a word occurs not as a verb in the Hebrew Bible, its root may be legitimately sought in the Arabic. He who controverts this position knows little of the ground on which he stands. In this language the root is found [Arabic] daba signifies he rested, was quiet. This gives a very good sense, and a very appropriate one for as the borders of this tribe lay on the vicinity of the Phoenicians, it was naturally to be expected that they should be constantly exposed to irruptions, pillage, c. but God, to give them confidence in his protection, says, According to thy days - all circumstances and vicissitudes, so shall thy REST be - while faithful to thy God no evil shall touch thee; thy days shall increase, and thy quiet be lengthened out. This is an unfailing promise of God: "I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon me, because he trusteth in me;" therefore "trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength;" Isaiah 26:4. Some derive it from [Arabic] dabi, he abounded in riches; the interpretation then would be, As thy days increase, so shall thy riches. This makes a very good sense also. See Rosenmuller.
Moses, having now finished what God gave him to predict concerning the twelve tribes, and what he was led in the fulness of his heart to pray for in their behalf, addresses all the tribes collectively under the names Jeshurun and Israel; and in an ode of astonishing energy and elegance describes this wondrous people, and their still more wonderful privileges. The reader will observe that, though the latter part of this chapter appears in the form of prose in our Bibles, yet it is written in hemistichs or short metrical lines in the original, which is the form in which all the Hebrew poetry is written; and as in other cases, so in this, it would contribute much to the easy understanding of the author's meaning, were the translation produced in lines corresponding to those of the original.
