Proverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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
26He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
28When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
Cross References
Psalms 33:6Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Psalms 136:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
Jeremiah 10:12He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.
Hebrews 1:2In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.
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 →