Proverbs 8:28
When he made steadfast the air above; and weighed the wells of waters (or and set in place the water wells).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 1:9Forsooth God said, The waters, that be under (the) heaven (s), be gathered into one place, and a dry place appear; and it was done so.
Genesis 8:2and the wells of the sea were closed, and the windows of (the) heaven (s) were closed, and (the) rains of (the) heaven (s) were ceased. (and the wells of the sea were closed, and the windows of the sky were closed, and the rains from the sky ceased.)
Psalms 104:7Those shall flee from thy blaming; men shall be afeared of the voice of thy thunder. (The waters fled from thy rebuke; they were afraid of the sound of thy thunder.)
Matthew 8:26And Jesus said to them, What be ye of little faith aghast [or afeared]? (or Why be so afraid, ye of little faith?) Then he rose [up], and commanded to the winds and the sea, and a great peaceableness was made.
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 →