Proverbs 8:29

When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

In Context

28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

30Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,

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Cross References

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,

Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.

Psalms 104:5He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.

Psalms 136:5Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer:

Jeremiah 5:22Feare ye not me, saith the Lord? or will ye not be afraide at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bounds of the sea by the perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof rage, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?

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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