Proverbs 8:27
I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place in the distance where the sky and the oceans seem to come together.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Psalms 33:6Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said [MTY] he created all the stars.
Psalms 136:5He is the one who by being very wise created the heavens; his faithful love for us endures forever.
Isaiah 40:11He will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.
Jeremiah 10:12But Yahweh made the earth by his power; he established it firmly by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
Hebrews 1:2But now when this final age is beginning, God has communicated to us just once by means of what ◄his Son/the man who was also God► said and did. God appointed him in order that he would possess everything that truly belongs to God. God also appointed him in order that he would create the universe.
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 →