Proverbs 8:28
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 1:9God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
Genesis 8:2The fountains also of the deep, and the floodgates of heaven, were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Psalms 104:7He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
Matthew 8:26And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.
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 →