Proverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he + 8:27 Or, marked out. prepared his throne upon the winds:
LXX2012 (British)
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
26The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracks, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
28and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
Cross References
Psalms 33:6This poor man cried, and the Lord listened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions. 1
Psalms 136:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 1
Isaiah 40:11He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Jeremiah 10:12It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,
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 →