Proverbs 8:28
When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
In Context
27When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land be visible: and it was so.
Genesis 8:2The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Psalms 104:7At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.
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 →