Proverbs 8:27
For when he made the heauens, I was present, when he compassed the deapthes about:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
In Context
26The earth, and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the dust it selfe.
28When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe:
Cross References
Isaiah 40:11He shall feede his flocke like an heardman, he shall gather the lambes together with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young.
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 →