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,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

English Standard Version
When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

New American Standard Bible
"When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

King James Bible
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

International Standard Version
when he crafted the heavens, I was there— when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep,

American Standard Version
When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

Darby Bible Translation
When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

Young's Literal Translation
In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

Cross References

Job 26:10
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Proverbs 3:19
The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.

Proverbs 8:26
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

27. when he set … depth—marked out the circle, according to the popular idea of the earth, as circular, surrounded by depths on which the visible concave heavens rested.