American Standard Version
Proverbs 8:27
27When he established the heavens, I was there:When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
- New International Version (NIV)I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
- English Standard Version (ESV)When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
- New King James Version (NKJV)When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
Context of Proverbs 8:27
25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; 26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, 28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, 29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
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בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּח֥וּקוֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל־פְּנֵ֥י תְהֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:27
- Psalms 33:6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Psalms 103:19Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all.
- Psalms 136:5To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
- Jeremiah 10:12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.
- Colossians 1:16for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
- Hebrews 1:2hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
- Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27When he prepared the heavens, I was there - For there is no part of the creation of God in which wisdom, skill, contrivance, are more manifest, than in the construction of the visible heavens. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth - Does not this refer to the establishment of the law of gravitation? by which all the particles of matter, tending to a common center, would produce in all bodies the orbicular form, which we see them have; so that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27A compass - Better as in the margin and Job 22:14 (see the note), i. e., the great vault of heaven stretched over the deep seas.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-31Verses 22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29God used his wisdom to create the world. Wisdom helps us understand how the world works and shows God's greatness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-3122-31. Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself. But to set forth the importance of wisdom as devising the products of benevolence and power, it is here assigned a precedence. As it has such in divine, so should it be desired in human, affairs (compare Pr 3:19)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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