Proverbs 8:27
When hee prepared the heauens, I was there, when he set the compasse vpon the deepe.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
26He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the worlde.
28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,
Cross References
Psalms 33:6By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 136:5Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer:
Isaiah 40:11He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall guide them with young.
Jeremiah 10:12He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
Hebrews 1:2Whom he hath made heire of al things, by whome also he made the worldes,
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 →