Proverbs 8:28
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
In Context
27I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Genesis 8:2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
Matthew 8:26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly 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 →