Proverbs 8:29

+ 8:29 The Alexandrine text has: When he set to the sea its bound, and the waters shall not pass his [note: Gr. mouth.] decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

LXX2012 (US English)

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

28and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:

30I was by him, + 8:30 Or, arranging all things. suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where were you when I founded the earth? tell me now, if you have knowledge,

Job 38:11And I said to it, Hitherto shall you come, but you shall not go beyond, but your waves shall be confined within you.

Psalms 104:5Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 1

Psalms 136:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 1

Jeremiah 5:22will you⌃ not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you⌃ not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but 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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