Proverbs 8:28
In His strengthening clouds above, || In His making strong fountains of the deep,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
In Context
27In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, || In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God says, “Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen”: and it is so.
Genesis 8:2and the fountains of the deep and the network of the heavens are closed, and the shower is restrained from the heavens.
Psalms 104:7They flee from Your rebuke, || They hurry away from the voice of Your thunder.
Matthew 8:26And He says to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then having risen, He rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;
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 →