Proverbs 8:29
When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
28When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
30Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
Cross References
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.
Job 38:11And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?
Psalms 104:5Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;
Psalms 136:5To Him that by understanding made the heavens, for His mercy endureth for ever.
Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence? Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though 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 →