Proverbs 8:29

when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

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In The King James Version

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

In Context

28when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,

30then I was by him, a master workman. And I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him,

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.

Job 38:11and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Psalms 104:5who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.

Psalms 136:5to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Jeremiah 5:22Do ye not fear me? says LORD. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? And though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet they cannot prevai

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32

Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →

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