Proverbs 8:27
In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, || In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
In Context
26While He had not made the earth, and out-places, || And the top of the dusts of the world.
28In His strengthening clouds above, || In His making strong fountains of the deep,
Cross References
Psalms 33:6By the word of YHWH || The heavens have been made, || And all their host by the breath of His mouth.
Psalms 136:5To Him making the heavens by understanding, || For His kindness [is] for all time.
Isaiah 40:11He feeds His flock as a shepherd, || He gathers lambs with His arm, || And He carries [them] in His bosom: He leads suckling ones.
Jeremiah 10:12The Maker of the earth by His power, || The Establisher of the world by His wisdom, || Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens—
Hebrews 1:2in these last days speaks to us in [His] Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the ages;
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 →