Proverbs 8:29
When He gave to the yam His chok (decree, limits), 1 that the mayim should not pass its limits, 1 when He appointed the foundations of the Eretz; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28When He established the clouds above, 1 when He strengthened the fountains of the tehom, 1
Cross References
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of eretz? 1 Tell, if thou hast binah. 1
Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; 1 and poh (here) shall thy proud waves be stopped? 1
Psalms 104:5Who laid the mekhonim (foundations) of ha'aretz, 1 that it should not move out of place olam va'ed. 1
Psalms 136:5To Him that by tevunah (understanding) made HaShomayim; 1 ki l'olam chasdo. 1
Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not Me? saith Hashem; 1 will ye not tremble at My Presence 1 Who hath placed the chol (sand) as the boundary of the yam 1 by a chok olam, that it cannot transgress; 1 and though the waves thereof toss, 1 yet they cannot prevail; 1 though they roar, yet can they not pass over it. 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 →