Proverbs 8:28
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New International Version (©2011)
when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

New Living Translation (©2007)
I was there when he set the clouds above, when he established springs deep in the earth.

English Standard Version (©2001)
when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
when He placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,

International Standard Version (©2012)
when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established,

NET Bible (©2006)
when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And when he empowered the clouds from above and when he strengthened the springs of the depths,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
when he established the skies above, when he determined the currents in the ocean,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

American King James Version
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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

Young's Literal Translation
In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:22-31 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?

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 28. - When he established the clouds above. The reference is to the waters above the firmament (Genesis 1:7), which are suspended in the ether; and the idea is that God thus made this medium capable of sustaining them. Vulgate, Quando aethera firmabat sursum; Septuagint, "When he made strong the clouds above" (comp. Job 26:8). When he strengthened the fountains of the deep; rather, as in the Revised Version, when the fountains of the deep became strong; i.e. when the great deep (Genesis 7:11) burst forth with power (comp. Job 38:16). The Septuagint anticipates the following details by here rendering, "When he made secure the fountains of the earth beneath the heaven."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When he established the clouds above,.... In which the waters are bound, and yet are not rent under them; and where, in the thin air, they hang heavy with them; where they are weighed by measure, and a decree made for them when they shall fall; and when they do, the Lord makes small the drops of water, which the clouds do drop and distil on men abundantly; the spreadings of which are beyond understanding, and are unaccountable, and must be referred to the power of God; who has settled and established them in the heavens, and the laws of them, Job 26:8;

when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; gave them strength, and still continues it, to cast out their waters, which run into the main sea, and feed and fill it, and return to their place again; which strength of flowing and reflowing can be attributed to nothing else but to the great power of God, Genesis 7:11.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

28. established … deep—that is, so as to sustain the waters above and repress those below the firmament (Ge 1:7-11; Job 26:8).

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The Excellence of Wisdom
…27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass on the face of the depth: 28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: …

Job 38:16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Proverbs 3:19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
Proverbs 8:27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.