Proverbs 8:29
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
When He setבְּשׂ֘וּמֹ֤ו
(be·su·mov)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
for the seaלַיָּ֨ם
(lai·yam)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
its boundaryחֻקֹּ֗ו
(chuk·kov)
2706: something prescribed or owed, a statutefrom chaqaq
So that the waterוּ֭מַיִם
(u·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
would not transgressיַֽעַבְרוּ־
(ya·'av·ru-)
5674a: to pass over, through, or by, pass ona prim. root
His command,פִ֑יו
(fiv;)
6310: moutha prim. root
When He markedבְּ֝חוּקֹ֗ו
(be·chu·kov)
2710: to cut in, inscribe, decreea prim. root
out the foundationsמֹ֣וסְדֵי
(mo·vs·dei)
4144: foundationfrom yasad
of the earth;אָֽרֶץ׃
(a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
When he gave
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
to the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
his decree
choq  (khoke)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
that the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
should not pass
`abar  (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
his commandment
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
when he appointed
chaqaq  (khaw-kak')
to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
the foundations
mowcad  (mo-sawd')
a foundation -- foundation.
of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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;

King James Bible
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

International Standard Version
when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

NET Bible
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,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
When he set the law of the Sea and the waters would not disobey his mouth, when he made the foundations of the Earth,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
when he set a limit for the sea so the waters would not overstep his command, when he traced the foundations of the earth,

King James 2000 Bible
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
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