Proverbs 8:28 {29}
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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;

Lexicon
when He established
בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ (bə·’am·mə·ṣōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 553: To be stout, strong, bold, alert

the clouds
שְׁחָקִ֣ים (šə·ḥā·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament

above,
מִמָּ֑עַל (mim·mā·‘al)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

when the fountains
עִינ֥וֹת (‘î·nō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the deep
תְּהוֹם׃‪‬ (tə·hō·wm)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8415: An abyss, the deep

gushed forth,
בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז (ba·‘ă·zō·wz)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5810: To be strong


Additional Translations
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:

when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

When he made firm the sides above: when the fountains of the deep became strong:

When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
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