Proverbs 8:29
When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
28When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong;
Cross References
Job 38:4Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
Job 38:11And said—Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further,—and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?
Psalms 104:5He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Psalms 136:5To him that made the heavens with understanding, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Jeremiah 5:22Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not be pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it,—When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond 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 →