Proverbs 8:29

בְּשׂוּמוֹ לַיָּם ׀ חֻקּוֹ וּמַיִם לֹא יַֽעַבְרוּ ־ פִיו בְּחוּקוֹ מוֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

28בְּאַמְּצוֹ שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל בַּעֲזוֹז עִינוֹת תְּהוֹם ׃

30וָֽאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן וָֽאֶהְיֶה שַׁעֲשֻׁעִים יוֹם ׀ יוֹם מְשַׂחֶקֶת לְפָנָיו בְּכָל ־ עֵֽת ׃

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Cross References

Job 38:4אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי ־ אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם ־ יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה ׃

Job 38:11וָאֹמַר עַד ־ פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא ־ יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ ׃

Psalms 104:5יָֽסַד ־ אֶרֶץ עַל ־ מְכוֹנֶיהָ בַּל ־ תִּמּוֹט עוֹלָם וָעֶֽד ׃

Psalms 136:5לְעֹשֵׂה הַשָּׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ ׃

Jeremiah 5:22הַאוֹתִי לֹא ־ תִירָאוּ נְאֻם ־ יְהֹוָה אִם מִפָּנַי לֹא תָחִילוּ אֲשֶׁר ־ שַׂמְתִּי חוֹל גְּבוּל לַיָּם חָק ־ עוֹלָם וְלֹא יַעַבְרֶנְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ וְלֹא יוּכָלוּ וְהָמוּ גַלָּיו וְלֹא יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ ׃

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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