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Proverbs 8:27-30 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 27 | In his preparing the heavens I was there: in his inscribing a circle upon the face of the deep: | When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, | I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, | |
| 28 | In his making firm the clouds from above: in his strengthening the fountains of the deep: | when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, | when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, | |
| 29 | In his setting his law to the sea, and the waters shall not pass by his mouth; in his making firm the foundations of the earth: | when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, | 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. | |
| 30 | And I shall be near him the builder, and I shall be a delight of day, day, smiling before him in all time. | then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, | Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, | |
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