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THE MESSAGE

Proverbs 3:19

With Lady Wisdom, God formed Earth; with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven. They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   God Continued...;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Earth;   Heaven/the Heavens;   Understanding;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Wisdom of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Preparation;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Wisdom (1);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bezalel;   Cosmogony;   Judaism;   Wisdom;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord founded the earth by wisdomand established the heavens by understanding.
Hebrew Names Version
By wisdom the LORD founded the eretz. By understanding, he established the heavens.
King James Version
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
English Standard Version
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
New Century Version
The Lord made the earth, using his wisdom. He set the sky in place, using his understanding.
New English Translation
By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.
Amplified Bible
The LORD by His wisdom has founded the earth; By His understanding He has established the heavens.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.
World English Bible
By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth,By discernment He established the heavens.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
Contemporary English Version
By his wisdom and knowledge the Lord created heaven and earth.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai by wisdom founded the earth, by understanding he established the heavens,
Darby Translation
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
Easy-to-Read Version
With wisdom and understanding, the Lord created the earth and sky.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD by his wisdom has founded the earth; by his understanding he established the heavens.
Good News Translation
The Lord created the earth by his wisdom; by his knowledge he set the sky in place.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.
Literal Translation
Jehovah founded the earth by wisdom; He founded the heavens by understanding;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
With wy?dome hath ye LORDE layed the foudacion of ye earth, & thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished ye heaues.
American Standard Version
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
English Revised Version
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
New King James Version
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens;
New Living Translation
By wisdom the Lord founded the earth; by understanding he created the heavens.
New Life Bible
The Lord built the earth by wisdom. He built the heavens by understanding.
New Revised Standard
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, in wisdom, founded the earth, establishing the heavens with understanding;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens.

Contextual Overview

13You're blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom, when you make friends with Madame Insight. She's worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary. Her value exceeds all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her. With one hand she gives long life, with the other she confers recognition. Her manner is beautiful, her life wonderfully complete. She's the very Tree of Life to those who embrace her. Hold her tight—and be blessed! 19With Lady Wisdom, God formed Earth; with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven. They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Proverbs 8:27-29, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 136:5, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 51:15, John 1:3

established: or, prepared

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:1 - God Job 28:12 - General Job 37:16 - perfect Proverbs 8:22 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
Genesis 3:13
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
Genesis 3:16
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
Genesis 3:21
God made leather clothing for Adam and his wife and dressed them.
Genesis 3:22
God said, "The Man has become like one of us, capable of knowing everything, ranging from good to evil. What if he now should reach out and take fruit from the Tree-of-Life and eat, and live forever? Never—this cannot happen!"
Genesis 18:27
Abraham came back, "Do I, a mere mortal made from a handful of dirt, dare open my mouth again to my Master? What if the fifty fall short by five—would you destroy the city because of those missing five?" He said, "I won't destroy it if there are forty-five."
Job 1:21
Naked I came from my mother's womb, naked I'll return to the womb of the earth. God gives, God takes. God's name be ever blessed.
Psalms 22:29
All the power-mongers are before him —worshiping! All the poor and powerless, too —worshiping! Along with those who never got it together —worshiping!
Psalms 90:3
So don't return us to mud, saying, "Back to where you came from!" Patience! You've got all the time in the world—whether a thousand years or a day, it's all the same to you. Are we no more to you than a wispy dream, no more than a blade of grass That springs up gloriously with the rising sun and is cut down without a second thought? Your anger is far and away too much for us; we're at the end of our rope. You keep track of all our sins; every misdeed since we were children is entered in your books. All we can remember is that frown on your face. Is that all we're ever going to get? We live for seventy years or so (with luck we might make it to eighty), And what do we have to show for it? Trouble. Toil and trouble and a marker in the graveyard. Who can make sense of such rage, such anger against the very ones who fear you?
Proverbs 21:16
Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow ends up in a congregation of ghosts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth,.... He has created all things, and made the world by his Son, the Wisdom of God, Ephesians 3:9 Hebrews 1:2; not using him as an instrument; but, he being an efficient cause with him, to him, as to the first cause, the creation of all things is ascribed, John 1:1; and particularly the laying the foundation of the earth, Hebrews 1:10; and though this is true of the divine perfection of wisdom, Jeremiah 10:12; yet from the context it appears best to understand it of the essential Wisdom of God, Christ Jesus; the Jerusalem Targum of Genesis 1:1; is, "by wisdom God created", c. and this serves greatly to set forth the dignity and excellency of Wisdom, or Christ, and so the happiness of that man that finds him with this the account of him is closed and crowned;

by understanding hath he established the heavens: or prepared, adorned, and beautified them, by placing the luminaries in them, and directing their station, motion, and influence; the making of the heavens, with all the host of them, is ascribed to the essential Word or Wisdom of God, Psalms 33:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hereto Wisdom has been thought of in relation to men. Now the question comes, What is she in relation to God? and the answer is, that the creative act implies a Divine Wisdom, through which the Divine will acts. This thought, developed in Proverbs 8:0, is the first link in the chain which connects this “Wisdom” with the Divine Word, the Logos of John’s Gospel. Compare Psalms 33:6; John 1:3. The words of the writer of the Proverbs take their place among the proofs of the dogmatic statements of the Nicene Creed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth — Here wisdom is taken in its proper acceptation, for that infinite knowledge and skill which God has manifested in the creation and composition of the earth, and in the structure and economy of the heavens. He has established the order as well as the essence of all things; so that though they vary in their positions, c., yet they never change either their places, or their properties. Composition and analysis are not essential changes the original particles, their forms and properties, remain the same.


 
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