Proverbs 8:29

when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed 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 sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;

30I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Job 38:11And I said: “This far you will approach, and you will proceed no further, and here you will break your swelling waves.”

Psalms 104:5Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

Psalms 136:5If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

Jeremiah 5:22So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.

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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