Proverbs 8:29

When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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 fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;

30Then was I near him, as a nursling: and I was day by day [his] delights, playing before him at all times;

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding [of it].

Job 38:11And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed [thy strength] in the pride of thy waves?

Psalms 104:5Who hath founded the earth upon her bases, that she should not be moved to all eternity.

Psalms 136:5To him that made the heavens with understanding; for to eternity endureth his kindness.

Jeremiah 5:22Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, 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 →

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