Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. New Living Translation By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth, and the dew settles beneath the night sky. English Standard Version by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew. Berean Standard Bible By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. King James Bible By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. New King James Version By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew. New American Standard Bible By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew. NASB 1995 By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew. NASB 1977 By His knowledge the deeps were broken up, And the skies drip with dew. Legacy Standard Bible By His knowledge the deeps were split up And the skies drip with dew. Amplified Bible By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the clouds drip with dew. Christian Standard Bible By his knowledge the watery depths broke open, and the clouds dripped with dew. Holman Christian Standard Bible By His knowledge the watery depths broke open, and the clouds dripped with dew. American Standard Version By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. Contemporary English Version By his understanding he let the ocean break loose and clouds release the rain. English Revised Version By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. GOD'S WORD® Translation By his knowledge the deep waters were divided, and the skies dropped dew. Good News Translation His wisdom caused the rivers to flow and the clouds to give rain to the earth. International Standard Version By his knowledge the depths broke open, and the clouds drip with dew. Majority Standard Bible By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. NET Bible By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew. New Heart English Bible By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. Webster's Bible Translation By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. World English Bible By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBy His knowledge depths have been broken, "" And clouds drop dew. Young's Literal Translation By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew. Smith's Literal Translation By his knowledge the depths were rent, and the clouds will drop dew. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBy his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew Catholic Public Domain Version By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with dew. New American Bible By his knowledge the depths are split, and the clouds drop down dew. New Revised Standard Version by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBy his knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down the dew. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And in his knowledge the depths were broken up and the clouds sprinkle dew. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. Brenton Septuagint Translation By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Blessings of Wisdom…19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding. 20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. 21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.… Cross References Genesis 1:6-10 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” / So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. / God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. ... Job 38:8-11 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ... Psalm 104:6-9 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. / At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— / the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ... Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it. Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? Job 26:10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. Psalm 33:7 He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Isaiah 51:15 For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name. Amos 9:6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name. Job 38:25-30 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, / to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? ... Psalm 136:6 He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever. Psalm 148:4-6 Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. / Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created. / He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away. Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth, Colossians 1:16-17 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Treasury of Scripture By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. the depths Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. Job 38:8-11 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? … the clouds Genesis 27:28,37-39 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: … Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Job 36:27,28 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: … Jump to Previous Broke Broken Clouds Deep Deeps Depths Dew Divided Drip Drop Dropping Forth Parted Rent SkiesJump to Next Broke Broken Clouds Deep Deeps Depths Dew Divided Drip Drop Dropping Forth Parted Rent SkiesProverbs 3 1. various exhortations13. The gain of wisdom 27. Exhortation to goodness 33. the different state of the wicked and upright By His knowledge This phrase emphasizes the divine wisdom and understanding of God. The Hebrew word for "knowledge" here is "דַּעַת" (da'at), which implies a deep, intimate understanding. In the context of creation, it suggests that God's knowledge is not just intellectual but also practical and purposeful. This knowledge is foundational to the order and function of the universe, reflecting God's omniscience and intentionality in creation. It inspires believers to seek God's wisdom, recognizing that His understanding surpasses human comprehension. the watery depths were broken open and the clouds dripped with dew Drop down the dew.--Of great importance in countries where for months together there is no rain Verse 20. - By his knowledge the depths are broken up. This is usually taken to refer to that primary act in creation, the separation of the waters from the earth, when "the waters were gathered together unto their own place," as recorded in Genesis 1:9. So Munster, Zockler, Wardlaw. But it seems better to understand it (as Mercerus, Lapide, Delitzsch, and Authorized Version) of the fertilization of the earth by rivers, streams, etc., which burst forth from the interior of the earth. In this sense the correspondence is preserved with the second hemistich. where the atmospheric influence is referred to as conducing to the same end. The teacher passes from the creation to the wonderful means which Jehovah employs through Wisdom to sustain his work. The depths (t'homoth); Vulgate, abyssi; LXX., ἄβυσσοι, are here "the internal water stores of the earth" (Delitzsch), and not the depths of the ocean, as in Proverbs 8:24, 27, 28, and in Genesis 1:2. Are broken up (niv'kau); properly, were broken up, niph. perfect of baka,(1) to cleave asunder, (2) to break forth, as water, in Isaiah 35:6. The perfect describes a past act, but one that is still continuing in effect. Cf. Vulgate eruperunt, "they burst forth;" LXX., ἐῥῤάγησαν, aorist 2 passive of ῤήγνυμι, "to burst forth," Targum, rupti sunt; and Syriac, ruptae sunt. The idea of division or separation is present, but it is not the predominant idea. There seems to be no allusion here either to the Deluge (Beds), nor to the cleaving of the waters of the Red Sea (Gejerus), though both of these historical events were undoubtedly well known to the teacher. And the clouds drop down the dew. The clouds (sh'khakim) are properly the ether, the higher and colder regions of the atmosphere, and then "the clouds," as in Psalm 77:15, which are formed by the condensation of vapours drawn by solar influence from the surface of the earth - seas, rivers, etc. The singular shakhak signifies "dust," and. secondly "a cloud," evidently from the minute particles of moisture of which a cloud is composed. Drop down (yir'aphu, kal future of raaph, used as a present or imperfect); LXX., ἐῥῤύησαν, "let flow." The clouds discharge their contents in showers, or distil at evening in refreshing dew. Modern science agrees with the meteorological fact here alluded to, of the reciprocal action of the heavens and the earth. The moisture drawn from the earth returns again "to water the earth, that it may bring forth and bud, to give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater" (Isaiah 55:10). Dew; tal, here used not only of dew, but of rain in gentle and fructifying showers. The Arabic word signifies "light rain;" LXX., δρόσους, "dew." Moses, in describing the blessing of Israel, says, "His heavens shall drop down dew" in the same sense (Deuteronomy 38:28; cf. Job 36:28). The fertilization of the earth is ordered by the Divine Wisdom. Hebrew By His knowledgeבְּ֭דַעְתּוֹ (bə·ḏa‘·tōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1847: Knowledge the watery depths תְּהוֹמ֣וֹת (tə·hō·w·mō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep were broken open, נִבְקָ֑עוּ (niḇ·qā·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open and the clouds וּ֝שְׁחָקִ֗ים (ū·šə·ḥā·qîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament dripped יִרְעֲפוּ־ (yir·‘ă·p̄ū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7491: To trickle, drip with dew. טָֽל׃ (ṭāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2919: Night mist, dew Links Proverbs 3:20 NIVProverbs 3:20 NLT Proverbs 3:20 ESV Proverbs 3:20 NASB Proverbs 3:20 KJV Proverbs 3:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 3:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 3:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 3:20 French Bible Proverbs 3:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 3:20 By his knowledge the depths were broken (Prov. 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