Proverbs 8:28
And when he strengthened the clouds above; 1 And when he secured the fountains of the earth: 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
In Context
29And when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
Genesis 8:2And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the floodgates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
Psalms 104:7He is the Lord our God; 1 His judgments are in all the earth. 1
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 →