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Proverbs 8:27
27I was there when he put the heavens in their place. I was there when he made the border of the sea where it meets the sky.
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
25I was born before the mountains or the hills appeared in their places. 26I was born before the Lord made the earth and its fields, before there was soil on the earth. I was there when he put the heavens in their place. I was there when he made the border of the sea where it meets the sky. 28I was there when he put the clouds in the sky. I was there when he made streams of water fill the seas. 29He gave his command to the seas, that they should obey him. The waters of the sea must stay inside its borders. I was there when he built the foundations of the earth.
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:27 word by word
בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּח֥וּקוֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל־פְּנֵ֥י תְהֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 8:27
- Psalms 33:6The word of the Lord made the heavens. When he spoke, all the stars in the sky appeared.
- Psalms 103:19The Lord rules from his throne in heaven. He rules as king over everything.
- Jeremiah 10:12But the Lord used his power to make the earth. He used his wisdom to make it strong. He knew how to put the sky to cover the earth.
- Colossians 1:16When God created everything, it was his Son who did it. His Son made everything that is on earth and in heaven. He created everything that we can see, as well as the things that we cannot see. He made rulers and leaders. He made everything that has power and authority. God gave his Son the authority to create everything, so that his Son would receive praise.
- Hebrews 1:2But in these last days, he has spoken to us in his Son. In the beginning, God worked through his Son to make the whole universe. He decided that everything should belong to his Son.
- Isaiah 40:11He takes care of his people, like a shepherd who takes care of his sheep. He picks up the young lambs and he carries them near to his heart. He carefully leads the mother sheep that have lambs.
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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