Proverbs 8:29

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Darby Translation

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 established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

30then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Psalms 104:5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.

Psalms 136:5To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

Jeremiah 5:22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

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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