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The Blessings of Wisdom

Proverbs 3:19

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
KJV
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.established: or, prepared
WEB
By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
ASV
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
LSV
YHWH founded the earth by wisdom, || He prepared the heavens by understanding.
YLT
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
DBY
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
DRC
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.
GNV
The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
JPS
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.
LXXE
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְֽהוָ֗ה בְּחָכְמָ֥ה יָֽסַד־אָ֑רֶץ כּוֹנֵ֥ן שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם בִּתְבוּנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ Θεὸς τῇ σοφίᾳ ἐθεμελίωσε τὴν γῆν, ἡτοίμασε δὲ οὐρανοὺς φρονήσει.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
  • Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  • John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
  • Jeremiah 51:15The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  • Psalms 136:5By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Proverbs 8:27–29I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, when He set a boundary for the sea, so…

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