◄ Proverbs 8:28 {29} ►
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Good News Translation
when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of the ocean

New Revised Standard Version
when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,

Contemporary English Version
I was with him when he placed the clouds in the sky and created the springs that fill the ocean.

New American Bible
When he made firm the skies above, when he fixed fast the springs of the deep;

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;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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;

Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
…27When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters: 28When 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;29I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;…
Cross References
Job 38:16
Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

Proverbs 3:19
By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.

Proverbs 8:27
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

Proverbs 8:29
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;

Proverbs 8:27
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