Proverbs 8:29

when he set limits on the sea so that the waters would not go farther than he ordered, and when he laid out the foundations of the earth.

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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 the clouds in the sky above, when he created the springs of the oceans,

30Then I was beside him as a master craftsman. I made him happy every day, and I was always full of joy in his presence.

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have such knowledge!

Job 38:11I said, ‘You may come here, but no farther. Here is where your proud waves stop.’

Psalms 104:5You set the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.

Psalms 136:5To him who knew how to make the heavens. For his trustworthy love lasts forever.

Jeremiah 5:22Aren't you afraid of what I can do? declares the Lord. Don't you think you should tremble in my presence? I am the one who set up the shore as the sea's boundary, an everlasting limit that it can't cross. The waves crash against it, but they can't defeat it. They roar, but they can't cross the barrier.

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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