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Proverbs 8:29

I was there when he set boundaries for the sea to make it obey him, and when he laid foundations to support the earth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Continents;   God;   Jesus Continued;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Power;   Sea;   Weakness-Power;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Earth;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sea, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Create, Creation;   Understanding;   World;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - God;   Son of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Decree;   Deep, the;   Foundation;   Logos;   Mediator;   Proverbs, Book of;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Decree;   Ethics;   Heaven;   Logos;   Nature;   Proverbs, Book of;   Trinity;   Wisdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Alpha and Omega (2);   Inspiration and Revelation;   Quotations (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Adam;   Glory;   Jeremiah;   Wisdom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Give;   Logos;   Mediation;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom;   Wisdom of Solomon, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Heaven;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
when he set a limit for the seaso that the waters would not violate his command,when he laid out the foundations of the earth.
Hebrew Names Version
When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his mitzvah, When he marked out the foundations of the eretz;
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:
English Standard Version
when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
New American Standard Bible
When He set a boundary for the sea So that the water would not violate His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
New Century Version
I was there when he ordered the sea not to go beyond the borders he had set. I was there when he laid the earth's foundation.
New English Translation
when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Amplified Bible
When He set for the sea its boundary So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth—
World English Bible
When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
Geneva Bible (1587)
When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commaundement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
Legacy Standard Bible
When He set for the sea its boundarySo that the water would not pass over His command,When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
Berean Standard Bible
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Complete Jewish Bible
when he prescribed boundaries for the sea, so that its water would not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Darby Translation
when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Easy-to-Read Version
I was there when he set the limits on the sea to make it stop where he said. I was there when he laid the foundations of the earth.
George Lamsa Translation
When he gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not transgress his commandment; when he laid down the foundations of the earth:
Good News Translation
and ordered the waters of the sea to rise no further than he said. I was there when he laid the earth's foundations.
Lexham English Bible
when he assigned his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his command, when he marked the foundations of the earth,
Literal Translation
when He gave to the sea its limit, that the waters should not pass beyond His command; when He decreed the foundations of the earth,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes, that ye waters shulde not go ouer their marckes. When he layed the foundacions of the earth,
American Standard Version
When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
Bible in Basic English
When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
King James Version (1611)
When he gaue to the sea his decree, that the waters should not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
English Revised Version
When he gave to the sea its bound, that the waters should not transgress his commandment: when he marked out the foundations of the earth:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne he cumpasside to the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that tho schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the foundementis of erthe;
Update Bible Version
When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
Webster's Bible Translation
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
New King James Version
When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
New Living Translation
I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth's foundations,
New Life Bible
I was there when He marked out the places for the sea, so that the waters would not go farther than what He said. I was there when He marked out the ground for the earth.
New Revised Standard
when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth;
Revised Standard Version
when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

Contextual Overview

22 From the beginning, I was with the Lord . I was there before he began 23 to create the earth. At the very first, the Lord gave life to me. 24 When I was born, there were no oceans or springs of water. 25 My birth was before mountains were formed or hills were put in place. 26 It happened long before God had made the earth or any of its fields or even the dust. 27 I was there when the Lord put the heavens in place and stretched the sky over the surface of the sea. 28 I was with him when he placed the clouds in the sky and created the springs that fill the ocean. 29 I was there when he set boundaries for the sea to make it obey him, and when he laid foundations to support the earth. 30 I was right beside the Lord , helping him plan and build. I made him happy each day, and I was happy at his side. 31 I was pleased with his world and pleased with its people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he gave: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Job 38:8-11, Psalms 33:7, Psalms 104:9, Jeremiah 5:22

when he appointed: Job 38:4-7

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:7 - divided Genesis 7:11 - all Job 26:10 - compassed Job 38:11 - Hitherto Psalms 95:5 - The sea is his Psalms 146:6 - the sea Micah 6:2 - foundations Matthew 8:26 - and rebuked Mark 4:39 - he arose Luke 8:25 - being John 19:22 - What Colossians 1:15 - of every Hebrews 1:10 - hast

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment,.... A perpetual decree, which never has been altered nor never will: he has placed the sand for the bounds of the sea everywhere, which it cannot pass, though its waves toss, foam, and roar; this is his decreed place, with which he has shut it up, as with doors, bars, and bolts; so that those proud waves may come hitherto and no further, Jeremiah 5:22;

when he appointed the foundations of the earth; which are laid on the seas and floods; nay, the earth is hung like a ball in the air upon nothing; and yet its foundations are such as that it shall not be removed; being the purpose and decree, the power and might, of the Lord himself, Job 26:7. Now Christ was present when those were laid, for he was concerned in the laying of them himself, Hebrews 1:10. The Lord asks Job where he was then, Job 38:4; he was not theft in being, but Christ was.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 8:29. When he gave to the sea his decree — When he assigned its limits, adjusted its saltness, and proportioned the extent of the surface to the quantity of vapours to be raised from it, for the irrigation of the terrene surface.

The foundations of the earth — Those irreversible laws by which all its motions are governed; its annual and diurnal rotation, and particularly its centrifugal and centripetal forces; by the former of which it has its annual motion round the sun like all other planets; and by the latter all its particles are prevented from flying off, notwithstanding the great velocity of its motion round its own axis, which causes one thousand and forty-two miles of its equator to pass under any given point in the heavens in the course of a single hour! These are, properly speaking, the foundations of the earth; the principles on which it is constructed, and the laws by which it is governed.


 
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