Proverbs 8:27

When He set in place Shomayim, I was there; 1 when He drew a khoog (circle, horizon) upon the face of the tehom, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 as yet He had not made eretz, nor the outer places, 1 nor the beginning of the dust of the tevel. 1

28When He established the clouds above, 1 when He strengthened the fountains of the tehom, 1

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Cross References

Psalms 33:6By the Devar Hashem were Shomayim made; 1 and all the tz'va (host) of them by the ruach (breath) of His mouth. + 33:6 MJ 11:3; Yn 1:1; Ps 56:5 1

Psalms 136:5To Him that by tevunah (understanding) made HaShomayim; 1 ki l'olam chasdo. 1

Isaiah 40:11He shall feed His Eder like a Ro'eh; 1 He shall gather the tela'im (lambs) with His zero'a, 1 and carry them in His kheyk, 1 and shall gently lead those that are with young. 1

Jeremiah 10:12He hath made eretz by His ko'ach, 1 He hath established the tevel (world) by His chochmah, 1 and hath stretched out Shomayim by His understanding. 1

Hebrews 1:2At the Ketz HaYamim, Hashem spoke to us by HaBen, whom He appointed Bechor of the Bechorah, Yoresh Kol (Heir of All Things), through whom also Hashem BARAH ES HASHOMAYIM V'ES HA'ARETZ; + 1:2 see Prov 30:4

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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