Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Proverbs 8:29 in other translations
| BSB | when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. |
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| WEB | when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, |
| ASV | When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; |
| YLT | In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, |
| DARBY | when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth: |
| BBE | When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth: |
| Webster | When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: |
What does Proverbs 8:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:22-31
22-31. Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself. But to set forth the importance of wisdom as devising the products of benevolence and power, it is here assigned a precedence. As it has such in divine, so should it be desired in…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 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?
Proverbs 8:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 8:29
- Psalms 104:9
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Genesis 1:9-10
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. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Psalms 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- Psalms 104:5
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Job 38:4-11
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 1:9,10; Job 38:8-11; Ps 33:7; 104:9; Jer 5:22
when he appointed.
Job 38:4-7
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Context
- Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
- Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Proverbs 8:30
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Proverbs 8:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando ponía á la mar su estatuto, y á las aguas, que no pasasen su mandamiento; cuando establecía los fundamentos de la tierra; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | quand il imposait son décret à la mer, afin que les eaux n’outrepassent point son commandement, quand il décrétait les fondements de la terre: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | als er dem Meere seine Schranken setzte, daß die Wasser seinen Befehl nicht überschritten, als er die Grundfesten der Erde feststellte: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos; quando appendebat fundamenta terræ: |